Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Books, books, books, books!
Last Line: Books, books, books, books!
Subject(s): Books; Reading


Books, books, books, books!
Stuff that is nothing but binding and looks,
Guessing and gossiping books of the times,
Volumes of poetry (better named rhymes),
Volumes of humor terribly strained,
"Practical" books from which nothing is gained,
Essays regilding the gold of the past,
Books of philosophy vacantly vast,
Volumes of science revamping the old,
Children's books, anything that can be sold,
Novels of incident, stagey, unreal,
Novels of sentiment vaguely ideal,
Novels historical, clumsy and crude,
Novels of passion, the devil's own food,
Counters heaped high, enough books for a town,
"Shop-worn," "Remainders," and "Volumes Marked Down,"
"Fifty-Cent Table," and "Twenty-five," "Ten,"
"Bankrupt Stock" offered again and again,
Books by the carload and books by the ton.
Books that are "Having a Marvellous Run,"
Books that are "Standard" and books "By the Set,"
Volumes just published and books hard to get,
"Five feet of books" and books by the mile,
Volumes forbidding and books that beguile,
Stuff that is nothing but binding and looks, --
Books, books, books, books!





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