Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH A FIRST EDITION OF ATALANTA IN CALYDON, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At your pleasure here I hold Last Line: Possibly, ambassador! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909) | ||||||||
AT your pleasure here I hold 'Atalanta snowy-souled': Rather smudgy tho', -- the gold Not so brilliant as of old; FIRST EDITION, -- that is plain; Monogram of J. B. PAYNE... Dogg'rel this, but it was reckoned Metre under GEORGE THE SECOND. Then a man was thought a Bard If by striving very hard He could write -- say once a quarter, Something just as long, or shorter. Straight they crowned his head with bay, Nobles took him home to 'tay'; Maids of honour for his muse Quite forgot their 'P's' and 'Q's.' See his name on all the posts; People rush to buy in hosts TONSON'S last impression with Author's portrait, done by SMITH; All his little words are quoted; All his little airs are noted; And, if he goes trickling on From his paltry Helicon, He is made Court-Footman or, Possibly, Ambassador! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF SWINBURNE by SARA TEASDALE HOME, SWEET HOME WITH VARIATIONS: 2. ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. DOLLARES; OUR LADY OF THE WHEAT-CORNER (AFTER A.C.S.) by PHILIP GUEDALLA A SINGER ASLEEP by THOMAS HARDY PERSONAL SONNET: TO ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE OCTOPUS by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON FELO DE SE; WITH APOLOGIES TO SWINBURNE by AMY LEVY THE POETS AT TEA: 3. SWINBURNE, WHO LET IT GET COLD by BARRY PAIN A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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