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THE EPIC OF THE AGE: 1. THE UNPOPULARITY OF POETRY, by                    
First Line: Must modern harps be hung upon the tree
Last Line: To cast her genius in the coins of trade?
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Must modern harps be hung upon the tree
Of arts forgotten in a sordid age,
Too gross to feel the nobler passions of the soul?
Will fair Columbia's children always bow
To sensual altars and the golden calf?
Must blind commercialism force the pen
To cast her genius in the coins of trade?





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