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POEMS BY ISAAC ROSENBERG<br />
work on it then. I do believe I could make a<br />
fine thing of Judas. Judas as a character is more<br />
magnanimous than Moses, and I believe I could<br />
make it very intense and write a lot from material<br />
out here. Thanks very much for your joining in<br />
with me to rout the pest out, but I have tried all<br />
kinds of stuff; if you can think of any preparation<br />
you believe effective Fd be most grateful for it."<br />
The " louse hunt" refers to a night scene in which<br />
<strong>Rosenberg</strong> took part, and which forcibly struck his<br />
imagination as a subject for a Goya picture or for<br />
a poem like the "Jolly Beggars": a barn full of<br />
naked soldiers—Scottish and others—singing,<br />
swearing, and laughing, in mad antics as they<br />
pursued the chase.<br />
To Gordon BottomUy {Postmark, April 8, 1917).<br />
" All through this winter I have felt most<br />
crotchety, all kinds of small things interfering<br />
with my fitness. My hands would get chilblains<br />
or bad boots would make my feet sore ; and this<br />
aggravating a general run-down-ness, I have not<br />
felt too happy. I have gone less warmly clad<br />
during the winter than through the summer,<br />
because of the increased liveliness on my clothes.<br />
I've been stung to what we call dumping ' '<br />
a great<br />
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