Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON HIS WRITING VERSES, by JOHN HAWTHORN First Line: Well may they write, that sit in parlours fine Last Line: And so [I] write as nature dictates to me. Subject(s): Writing & Writers | ||||||||
WELL may they write, that sit in parlours fine, To raise their spirits can quaff luscious wine; To keep out noise, the parlour door is shut; The servants scarce dare speak, or budge a foot; Under no fear, no terror, or no task, But coolly can sit at a writing-desk. How different with me the time is spent, Enclosed with dragoons in a little tent; Some darning stockings, others blacking shoes; Some singing, others telling jests and news: Their different sounds do ill confound my writing; One should be solitary, when inditing; Yet I must be a bard, naught less will do me, And so [I] write as nature dictates to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE JOURNEY AND OBSERVATIONS OF A COUNTRYMAN: A DEATHBED by JOHN HAWTHORN |
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