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SONNET TO A REJECTED POEM, by                    
First Line: Poor little poem, how forlorn returning
Last Line: Twas thus perhaps with thee, dear foolish rhyme.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Poor little poem, how forlorn returning
That wentest forth with how high hopes of fame!
Didst not experience a sense of shame
Or indignation mute, against thy spurning,
When nothing saved thee from contemptuous burning,
Or parsimonious selling, save my name
And paltry lucre? Ah, 'tis still the same
From age to age with much of mortal yearning.
Man toils and sweats for wealth he may not gain;
In hopeless quest of glory doth he bleed;
To fame's dim heights, unscalable, would climb.
Yet fruitless effort is not all in vain;
Success may lie in failure to succeed;
'Twas thus perhaps with thee, dear foolish rhyme.





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