Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EL DORADO, by GRANT SHOWERMAN


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EL DORADO, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas a youthful would-be poet
Last Line: "crowded out for want of space!"
Subject(s): Gold


'TWAS a youthful would-be poet,
Gazing with enraptured air
Through the starlight, when a comrade
Found him standing silent there.

"Don't disturb me," was his answer,
When addressed, "Oh, let me be!
I am filled with heavenly raptures,
For I see infinity!

"Let me gaze until I'm sated,
For at last I've found a place,
Where there's absolutely nothing
Crowded out for want of space!"





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