A line's a speech; So here's a line To say this pedlar's pack Of mine Is not a book-- But a journey thro' Mountainy places, Ever in view Of the sea and the fields, With the rough wind Blowing over the leagues Behind!
Joseph Campbell treats each line as a small speech, and he uses one here to insist that his bundle of verse is not a book but a journey. The speaker pictures himself as a pedlar moving through mountainy places, always in sight of the sea and open fields, with a rough wind blowing over the miles…
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