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TO A STUDENT OF KANT (WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF THE AUTHOR'S POEMS), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Isabella leavenworth / what were earth or heaven worth
Last Line: Isabella leavenworth.
Subject(s): Kant, Immmanuel (1724-1804)


ISABELLA LEAVENWORTH,
What were earth or heaven worth
To a poet if none heed
His discourse? But if thou read,
In the pauses of thy tea,
Finding some coincidence
Twixt mine and Kant's philosophy,
Shall I care if critics claim
It has neither sound nor sense?
Ah, this copy has no shame
Since it holds thy lovely name
With its brooklet sound of cheer,
And shall know the sweet surprise
Of fathoming thy tranquil eyes,
Seen by it as it by thee.
As for cents -- ah, well -- my dear
Isabella Leavenworth,
In any auction it may be
Surely six or seven worth,
And in some not distant year, --
When (each within a cozy nook)
Under dust lie bard and book --
Asking who "this Johnson" was,
Men shall call it "rare" because,
Haply, once 't was owned by thee,
Isabella Leavenworth.





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