[Picture/Poem] translated by Nicolas Abesdrin

The following poem was translated by Nicolas Abesdrin.  It was illustrated 
with ascii art he had collected off the net [reminder:  at the time this 
was done, it wasn't considered necessary to recognize the ascii artist.]

Diane

From: abe...@JSP.UMontreal.CA
Message-Id: <199...@spi61.jsp.umontreal.ca>
Subject: My ascii stories
To: pix...@netcom.com
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:45:36 -0400 (EDT)

 
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       T H E    U N I C O R N    A N D    T H E    W H I T E    D O E

                            Poetry by Robert Grave
                         Chevalier's stories archive!

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                _>><<<<>>>>>>>>>       /               _____________)
       \|/      \<<<<<  < >>>>>>>>>   /            _______________)
 -------*--===<=<<           <<<<<<<>/         _______________)
       /|\     << @    _/      <<<<</       _____________)
              <  \    /  \      >>>/      ________)  ____
                  |  |   |       </      ______)____((- \\\\
                  o_|   /        /      ______)         \  \\\\    \\\\\\\
                       |  ._    (      ______)           \  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
                       | /       `----------'    /       /     \\\\\\\     \\
               .______/\/     /                 /       /          \\\
              / __.____/    _/         ________(       /\
             / / / ________/`---------'         \     /  \_
            / /  \ \                             \   \ \_  \
           ( <    \ \                             >  /    \ \
            \/      \\_                          / /       > )
                     \_|                        / /       / /
                                              _//       _//
Unicorn with bursting heart                  /_|       /_|
  Breath of love has drawn:                                                /
On his desolate crags apart,                                    __       //
  At rumor of dawn,                                             -\= \=\ //
                                                              --=_\=---//=--
Has blared aloud his pride                                  -_==/  \/ //\/--
  This long age mute,                                        ==/   /O   O\==--
Lurched his horn from side to side,             _ _ _ _     /_/    \  ]  /--
  Lunged with his foot.                        /\ ( (- \    /       ] ] ]==-
                                              (\ _\_\_\-\__/     \  (,_,)--
`Like a storm of sand I run                  (\_/                 \     \-
  Breaking the desert's boundaries,          \/      /       (   ( \  ] /)
I go in hiding from the sun                  /      (         \   \_ \./ )
  In thick shade of trees.                   (       \         \      )  \
                                             (       /\_ _ _ _ /---/ /\_  \
`Straight was the track I took                \     / \     / ____/ /   \  \
  Across the plains, but here with briar       (   /   )   / /  /__ )   (  )
And mire the tangled alleys crook,             (  )   / __/ '---`       / /
  Baulking desire.                             \  /   \ \             _/ /
                                               ] ]     )_\_         /__\/
`O there, what glinted white?                  /_\     ]___\
  (A bough still shakes.)                     (___)

                          /\/       What was it darted from my sight
    __----_              / /           Through the forest brakes?
--~~      ,T=_          /\/
  _-_   ,'/|  `-.  /\  / /          `Where are you fled from me?
-~     / /' |    `V  |/\/              I pursue, you fade;
      (  (  |      \Y/ /            I run, you hide from me
,      \_|/~ ~-_    \ /                In the dark glade.
        >'      ~=__ Y
  ,    /      `-_  ,~=              `Towering high the trees grow,
 /    /        \'*~)  `.               The grass grows thick.
/    {          `='     `\          Where you are I do not know,
  ,  /|                   \            You run so quick.'
 /  { \                 .  `\
}   /~=`-_         ,.   (~)  (
   /     T~~T-=-_   \`\_ ~  /		                Robert Graves
  }      \ /     ~-_ \__~~/~
  |       Y         ~~--~~
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Translated by Nicolas Abesdrin
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