The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
IN A NICKEL the
~ POET IDEALlZES
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T., 4, oominv an mo 3 And he reci,ed the
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WHEN this old coin came from the mint.
But now see a spray OF gray
Mixed WIN 'he so'u o' 'es'e'u"''
The corsets Of those salad days
Fit not the form ] still may praise.
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Iy CIR cam. from Tho min,
AZ "heh 'niS oo"h '"HAe '. ~ mint
John said the poets wife'' It seems TO
me you are taking unwarrahteo hoertFst
even for a man with a poets elastic license.
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NAV he very rood poetry, but II certainly
4. NJ, tho tr,ths
my dear said the poet, ii poets were
compelled to tell the truth there never
would he any more poetry. You must let us
idealize a bit. I never did like blondes:
hut there are lots Of people who do. and
: am s;ne,ne Tor them A real poet cannot
AFFORD to be selfish ana partial NJ must
praise the blondes Just as literally as he
doea the brunettes. Besides, you must
oons;der the exiSenoies Of rhyme. Before
"Nu| H...,ad 7 w.o,e manv ,hincs that,
we "ere nnarrieu ~ ""is sn".
"e,0 pe.""ps -s.u 800 800,
WIN tno i"o'e'
liked them'' 40,
But ! would have liked them more II
thought that you actually believed them
do You like the beautiful fairy tales OF
YOUR 9irlhood less because they are not
-, NJ, ,hi,d mi. Il . world ~ Action
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VITA wout s"T ha nnSned walt 70 bic.
maks nv" e NJ 90 nrooned With nv warh.
linz and he continued:
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can,o,ir,o. I thought Won hind and tpua
Sometimes thought your heart was flint
When this old coin came from the MINT
MY love, wnere nav " .vsse sS"'
ihat ONCE 'oui "u'ea "'"u y"
Our daughter robbed you OF their tint
When this old coin came from the mint.
John, you know very we'll my cheeks
never we're red. You know, too, that you
have read some thing very like that poem
somewhere ell se. ] believe 1t il not original,
alth ouRh, indeed, / like the sentiment.
Nothing, my dear said the roet, ia
strictly original. ] noted in your autograph
album the other day a verse, the authorship
of which has been always a mystery to me.
It runs, as you may recall, something like
this.
.yo, o., -. ,or .oro,,,,, ori,ir,I
. . u y, v.ho,a ~ hanin
haIu,y hnoW W.T., a. o. -
Except original SIM
INV child, don't you know that Shake.
speare's plays were nearly all the plays OF
somebody elise made over? Great thoughts
should be credited to those who say them
last and best. Now, many folks think that
Tennyson was an original poet. Yet in
Maud he says-I quote from memory;
IL. n.,,,, shor.
here Is a pretty shei; -, o,,,.. .,mo,
n learned man might give W u 'ihIlF.