I am the poem the editor uses Just to fill up a page. "Tis in this measure men honor the Muses, Crowding them off of the stage. I must be wise, and pathetic, and witty, All in eight lines at the most. Mine's the one Pegasus brooked in a city, -- Pegasus tied to a post! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE COMING OF SNOW by HAYDEN CARRUTH NO EXEMPTION FOR TOURISTS by KAREN SWENSON THE SAILOR TO HIS PARROT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SHERMAN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE ENCHANTMENT by THOMAS OTWAY THE PITY OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |