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TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH AT THE SIGN OF THE LYRE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Book against book.' 'agreed,' I said
Last Line: Nothing transmutes like sympathy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin


'BOOK against book.' 'Agreed,' I said:
But 'twas the truck of Diomed!

-- And yet, in Fairy-land, I'm told
Dead leaves -- as these -- will turn to gold.
Take them, Sir Alchemist, and see!
Nothing transmutes like sympathy.





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