Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES WRITTEN IN A CITY COMPOSING-ROOM, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When thomas gray, the famous bard Last Line: While gray was elegizing? Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Gray, Thomas (1716-1771); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
WHEN Thomas Gray, the famous bard, Wrote that which made him noted, He worked egregiously hard On lines that might be quoted. For seven years, through woes and ills, His Muse was exercising; But Who paid the meat and grocery bills While Gray was elegizing? "No slipshod verses shall be mine," He'd tell the impatient printer. "I'II write it out upon this line If it consumes all winter!" And so he wooed the elusive Muse With zeal uncompromising But Who kept the little Grays in shoes While Gray was elegizing? We modern minnesingers waste No time, no midnight taper; Our lines are done in fevered haste To catch the waiting paper. We rush the rhymes we write to-day Our guerdon overprizing Still Who paid the rent for Mrs. Gray While Gray was elegizing? | 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 LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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