Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES IN REPLY TO THE BEAUTIFUL POET, WHO WELCOMED NEWS OF MCGONAGALLS, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poet's Biography First Line: Dear johnny, I return my thanks to you Last Line: Or else you'll get the famous weekly news a bad name. Subject(s): Gratitude; News; Newspapers; Poetry & Poets; Publishing; Journalism; Journalists; Publishers | ||||||||
Dear Johnny, I return my thanks to you; But more than thanks is your due For publishing the scurrilous poetry about me Leaving the Ancient City of Dundee. The rhymster says, we'll weary for your schauchlin' form; But if I'm not mistaken I've seen bonnier than his in a field of corn; And, as I venture to say and really suppose, His form seen in a cornfield would frighten the crows. But, dear Johnny, as you said, he's just a lampoon, And as ugly and as ignorant as a wild baboon; And, as far as I can judge or think, He is a vendor of strong drink. He says my nose would make a peasemeal warrior weep; But I've seen a much bonnier sweep, And a more manly and wiser man Than he is by far, deny it who can! And, in conclusion, I'd have him to beware, And never again to interfere with a poet's hair, Because Christ the Saviour wore long hair, And many more good men, I do declare. Therefore I laugh at such bosh that appears in print. So I hope from me you will take the hint, And never publish such bosh of poetry again, Or else you'll get the famous Weekly News a bad name. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU LIKE IT by ALICE NOTLEY THE ASSOCIATE by LOUIS SIMPSON SUN THE BLOND OUT by ANNE WALDMAN THE DOUBLE STANDARD by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SONNET by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ON CREECH THE BOOKSELLER by ROBERT BURNS A PUBLISHER TO HIS CLIENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO MR. MURRAY (2) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO THE PUBLISHER OF 'THE MONTHLY REVIEW' by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE TAY BRIDGE DISEASTER by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL |
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