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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 21 (search)
on is a strong and noble poem, as is The last Bird, which has a flavor of Bryant about it. Eros has Warning and Eros Departs are two of the profoundest; and so is the following, which I have always thought her most original and powerful poem after the Battle hymn, in so far that I ventured to supply a feebler supplement to it on a late birthday. It is to be remembered that in the game of Rouge et Noir the announcement by the dealer, Rouge gagne, implies that the red wins, while the phrase Donner de la couleur means simply to follow suit and accept what comes. Rouge Gagne The wheel is turned, the cards are laid; The circle's drawn, the bets are paid: I stake my gold upon the red. The rubies of the bosom mine, The river of life, so swift divine, In red all radiantly shine. Upon the cards, like gouts of blood, Lie dinted hearts, and diamonds good, The red for faith and hardihood. In red the sacred blushes start On errand from a virgin heart, To win its glorious counterpart. The r