SOLD ON BEHALF OF A HOUSING SCHEME STROPHE: "An author who has what is called a vogue -- That can, like mushrooms, spring up overnight -- A thing of air, and apt to vanish quite -- Runs every risk that he may seem a rogue When signed editions he goes marketing, Priced at as many guineas as he dare, And, trusting to the Public's want of flair, Makes major money from a minor thing." ANTISTROPHE: "But, carping Sir, your author is a bird Who, like as not, believes that he will sing And soar, until the booklet signed, will bring A price that makes its present price absurd. A very peacock-fantail-phoenix, he; The more you warn him of his coming fall Or tell him that he's nothing worth at all, The more his pinnacle in air he'll see!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION MOTHER NATURE by EMILY DICKINSON CHRISTMAS IN INDIA by RUDYARD KIPLING THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL NE'ER SHALL I FORGET by WILLIAM GOLDSMITH BROWN SUMMING UP ITALY; INSCRIBED TO INTELLIGENT PUBLICS OUT OF IT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE SOUL TO THE BODY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |