WHERE
THE
BLUE
BEGINS
CHRISTOPHER
MORLEY
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WHERE THE
BLUE BEGINS
BY
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
When I saw that rage was vain,
And to sulk would nothing gain,
Turning many a trick and wile
I began to soothe and smile.
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1923
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ATX RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
TO
FELIX and TOTO
"I am not free—
And it may be
Life is too tight around my shins;
For, unlike you,
I can't break through,
A truant where the blue begins.
"Out of the very element
Of bondage, that here holds me pent,
I'll make my furious sonnet:
I'll turn my noose
To tightrope use
And madly dance upon it.
"So I will take
My leash, and make
A wilder and more subtle fleeing—
And I shall be
More escapading and more free
Than you have ever dreamed of being!"
WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
- CHAPTER ONE, 1
- CHAPTER TWO, 8
- CHAPTER THREE, 20
- CHAPTER FOUR, 32
- CHAPTER FIVE, 45
- CHAPTER SIX, 55
- CHAPTER SEVEN, 68
- CHAPTER EIGHT, 81
- CHAPTER NINE, 98
- CHAPTER TEN, 115
- CHAPTER ELEVEN, 128
- CHAPTER TWELVE, 144
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN, 161
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN, 176
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN, 187
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN, 199
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN, 206
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1957, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.