OLD books are best! With what delight Does "Faithorne fecit" greet our sight; On frontispiece or title-page Of that old time, when on the stage "Sweet Nell" set "Rowley's" heart alight! And you, O friend, to whom I write, Must not deny, e'en though you might, Through fear of modern pirates' rage, Old books are best. What though the print be not so bright, The paper dark, the binding slight? Our author, be he dull or sage, Returning from that distant age So lives again, we say of right: Old books are best. @3Beverly Chew@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): JASON'S SOWING AND REAPING by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE CLUE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES L'AMOUR DU MENSONGE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE END by BYRON HAVERLY BLACKFORD MY WINDOW by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN UNDER THE PINES by ARTHUR STANLEY BOURINOT INTO THE HEART OF LIFE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |