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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLLECTOR TO HIS LIBRARY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brown books of mine, who never yet Last Line: This, more than other good, I pray. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Variant Title(s): The Final Word Subject(s): Books; Collectors & Collecting; Librarians & Libraries; Reading; Library; Librarians | |||
BROWN Books of mine, who never yet Have caused me anguish or regret, -- Save when some fiend in human shape Has set your tender sides agape, Or soiled with some unmanly smear The candour of your margin clear, Or writ you with some phrase inane, The bantling of an idle brain, -- I love you: and because must end This commerce between friend and friend, I do implore each kindly Fate -- To each and all I supplicate -- That you, whom I have loved so long, May not be vended 'for a song'; -- That you, my dear desire and care, May 'scape the common thoroughfare, The dust, the eating rain, and all The shame and squalor of the Stall. Rather I trust your lot may touch Some Croesus -- if there should be such -- To buy you, and that you may so From Croesus unto Croesus go Till that inevitable day When comes your moment of decay. This, more than other good, I pray. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FATHER OF PREDICAMENTS by HEATHER MCHUGH HER MONOLOGUE OF DARK CREPE WITH EDGES OF LIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY by DAVID IGNATOW THE LIBRARIAN by PETER JOHNSON BECAUSE OF LIBRARIES WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE IN THE READING ROOM by DAVID FERRY A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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