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THE POEM TO FILL UP A PAGE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I AM THE POEM THE EDITOR USES
Last Line: PEGASUS TIED TO A POST!
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;

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!



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