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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BRANDER MATTHEWS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In vain today I scrape and blot
Last Line: In vein to-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Matthews, Brander (1852-1929)
First Line: In vain today I scrape and blot
Last Line: In vein to-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Matthews, Brander (1852-1929)
IN vain to-day I scrape and blot:
The nimble words, the phrases neat,
Decline to mingle or to meet;
My skill is all foregone -- forgot.
He will not canter, walk nor trot,
My Pegasus. I spur, I beat,
In vain to-day!
And yet 'twere sure the saddest lot
That I should fail to leave complete
One poor ... the rhyme suggests 'conceit!'
Alas! 'Tis all too clear I'm not
In vein to-day.
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