@3Neither buskin now, nor bays Challenge I: a Lady's praise Shall content my proudest hope. Their applause was all my scope; And to their shrines properly Revels dedicated be: Whose soft ears none ought to pierce But with smooth and gentle verse. Let the tragic poem swell, Raising raging fiends from hell; And let epic dactyls range Swelling seas and countries strange: Little room small things contains; Easy praise quits easy pains. Suffer them whose brows do sweat To gain honour by the great: It's enough if men me name A retailer of such fame.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 31 by JAMES JOYCE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GEORGE GRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CLAY BISON IN A CAVE by CLARENCE MAJOR A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON TWO SONNETS: 1 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: THE ROAD TO BUFFALO by KAREN SWENSON |