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Chapter 11

           Buthedidnotneglecthiswriting. Astreamofshortstoriesflowedfromhispen,andhebranchedoutintotheeasierformsofversethekindhesawprintedinthemagazinesthoughhelosthisheadandwastedtwoweeksonatragedyinblankverse,theswiftrejectionofwhich,byhalfadozenmagazines,dumfoundedhim. ThenhediscoveredHenleyandwroteaseriesofsea-poemsonthemodelof"HospitalSketches." Theyweresimplepoems,oflightandcolor,andromanceandadventure. "SeaLyrics,"hecalledthem,andhejudgedthemtobethebestworkhehadyetdone. Therewerethirty,andhecompletedtheminamonth,doingoneadayafterhavingdonehisregularday’sworkonfiction,whichday’sworkwastheequivalenttoaweek’sworkoftheaveragesuccessfulwriter. Thetoilmeantnothingtohim. Itwasnottoil. Hewasfindingspeech,andallthebeautyandwonderthathadbeenpentforyearsbehindhisinarticulatelipswasnowpouringforthinawildandvirileflood. 

           Heshowedthe"SeaLyrics"tonoone,noteventotheeditors. Hehadbecomedistrustfulofeditors. Butitwasnotdistrustthatpreventedhimfromsubmittingthe"Lyrics." TheyweresobeautifultohimthathewasimpelledtosavethemtosharewithRuthinsomeglorious,far-offtimewhenhewoulddaretoreadtoherwhathehadwritten. Againstthattimehekeptthemwithhim,readingthemaloud,goingoverthemuntilheknewthembyheart. 

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