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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 9. MR. NIXON, by EZRA POUND Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the cream gilded cabin of his steam yacht Last Line: And died, there's nothing in it. Subject(s): Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931); Novels & Novelists; Poetry & Poets | |||
In the cream gilded cabin of his steam yacht Mr. Nixon advised me kindly, to advance with fewer Dangers of delay. "Consider Carefully the reviewer. "I was as poor as you are; "When I began I got, of course, "Advance on royalties, fifty at first," said Mr. Nixon, "Follow me, and take a column, "Even if you have to work free. "Butter reviewers. From fifty to three hundred "I rose in eighteen months; "The hardest nut I had to crack "Was Dr. Dundas. "I never mentioned a man but with the view "Of selling my own works. "The tip's a good one, as for literature "It gives no man a sinecure. "And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. "And give up verse, my boy "There's nothing in it." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Likewise a friend of Bloughram's once advised me: Don't kick against the pricks, Accept opinion. The "Nineties" tried your game And died, there's nothing in it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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