Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PLEASANT INFECTIVE AGAINST PRINTING, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The press is too much with us: small and great Last Line: His soul to nature, -- careless of the type! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Printing & Printers | ||||||||
'Flee fro the Prees, and dwelle with sothfastnesse.' -- CHAUCER, Balade de Bon Conseil. THE Press is too much with us: small and great; We are undone of chatter and on dit, Report, retort, rejoinder, repartee, Mole-hill and mare's nest, fiction up-to-date, Babble of booklets, bicker of debate, Aspect of A., and attitude of B. -- A waste of words that drive us like a sea, Mere derelict of Ourselves, and helpless freight! 'O for a lodge in some vast wilderness!' Some region unapproachable of Print, Where never cablegram could gain access, And telephones were not, nor any hint Of tidings new or old, but Man might pipe His soul to Nature, -- careless of the Type! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: FUST AND FRIENDS by ROBERT BROWNING SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 1. THE PRINTING-PRESS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE HAPPY PRINTER by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE PASSIONATE PRINTER TO HIS LOVE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON TO AN EDITOR (ON THE RETURN OF A MANUSCRIPT) by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON ZENGER THE PRINTER by ARTHUR GUITERMAN ERICH THE PRINTER—(B. 1883-D. 1938): (1929) by DAVID WAGONER A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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