Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO E.N. (2), by AUSTIN PHILIPS


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TO E.N. (2), by                    
First Line: Others, more skilled than I
Last Line: Was more sincere!
Subject(s): Friendship; Sincerity


OTHERS, more skilled than I
To serve the Sacred Nine,
On whose reluctant shrine
My first-fruits fall and die
From day to day;
Others, who wear the bays
That I can never wear,
Found, and still find it, dear
Delight to give you praise
In fitting way.

Many have weaved their rhymes,
That run with easy grace
To mark some hour or place
By choicest thought that chimes,
Bell-like and clear;
But of them all not one
Wished you so much as I
All the good things that lie
In Heaven's lap; and none
Was more sincere!





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