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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN RE ALFRED EMERY CATHIE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In 1887, alfred cathie / became the private clerk of samuel butler
Last Line: "yes, there's tobacco in it -- you may go!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Office Employees; Clerks
First Line: In 1887, alfred cathie / became the private clerk of samuel butler
Last Line: "yes, there's tobacco in it -- you may go!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Office Employees; Clerks
IN 1887, Alfred Cathie
Became the private clerk of Samuel Butler;
And Butler made a wise choice, for (i'faith!) he
Could ne'er have found a faithfuller or subtler.
For Butler, lord of satire and of whim,
Was not (we guess) the kind of man whom all
Would understand; but Alfred worshipped him,
And smiled at his O God! O Montreal!
O Cathie, liv'st thou still? Or art thou gone
The Way of All Flesh to The Haven Fair?
If so, we know that in some Erewhon
Thou find'st thy waggish master waiting there --
(For he who every mortal foible mocks
Would ask not Paradise, but Paradox.)
Cathie, the author of that deathless mot:
"Yes, there's tobacco in it -- you may go!"
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