The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-03-08
Bliss Carman's Woes Told in Verse.
New York Sun

New York Sun.
Bliss Carman is Il poet true who
writes in limpid rhyme: yes, he can
make madrigal orlay most anytime.
And when he needs suit of clothes,
IL dinner or u trip, he harnesses his
attic Mase and clucks and lets her
rip. And printing folks, in Just
haeh. they turn his lyrics into cash.
\ modern poet has his needs and
many Il need has he; he cannot live
on violets nor yet reception tea. The
fire divine must fuel have and lamb
chops, sOnnets make, and many
gentle roundelay's engendered by a
steak. For when the Muses. nose is
blue and when her blood is chill, her
spOmdees and her dactyls come
tripping mighty i'll.
You see. this way the system
works: Pegasus makes the dough,
the dough it makes the food and
heat to make Pegasus 90. But when
Pegasus halls or balks. as happens
like rs not, the poet and the system
then they both must 90 to pot. And
such Il sudden halt rs this. it struck
the lyric muse of Bliss.
Now. Stone he is barrister who
works in Montreal He has no ear
Tor rhythmic verse, no poet soul at
all. But midst his dreary legal briefs
and dull receipts for rent, this law
yer held the poets note, a-drawing
eight per cent. And on Il cheerless,
songless day, lie soaked him in the
legal way.
Il. Carman holds no meads nor
lands except in Arcade: his man
siOns are i'll fairyland; no stock and
bonds has he. His workshop is the
April air, the Muse his stock in trade;
his wares are sweet heXameters by
elfn fingers made. SO when Judge
COnlan took the bench and let his
logic flow, at first his mind could not
devise a way to raise the dough.
Pegasus is a bashful steed who lOpes
for poets true, but halts and bucks
and will not pull for folks like me
and YOU. But all ut once his legal
mind devised a scheme to raise the
wynd.
He said, ITO seize the lyric Muse
would madness be or worse. Pega-
sus has no legal price. so let's attach
the verse. This Court appoints Il
just but stern receiver for this bard.
whose daily task shall be to grab his
rhymes and work him hard. So shall
the debt be paid apace and Justice
Satlsfied-neXt easel
Now no one Yet may know who
will the stern receiver be-a banker
or clerk, perchance Il notary. Per-
haps n man who deals in hides, per-
haps Il drummer gay; but this is
sure. the Court will choose no poet,
anyway. And every morn at half
past nine he'll knock at Carman's
door and seize the rhymes he has in
stock and count their value DER.
Three dollars for a madrigal, q SON
net little more, a ballad-they are
cheap these days-a dollar sixty-four
So shall he bend the poets pride and
so the law be satisfied.
YOU'D scarce expect metre true
from common NUTS like US.
Pronounce the word Pegasus: the
right ways Pegasus.
1t will cost Uncle Sam a pretty sum
to anchor the floating dry dock
Dewey in Manila bay. The toll for it
it and the accompanying vessels
through the Suez canal will be nearly
one hundred thousand dollars. The
payroll OF the men of the escort and
on the drydOck for the months neces-
sary to make the passage from Ches-
opeake bay to the Philippines will be
enormous. The men on the latter,
we believe, get pay above the ordi-
nary wages OF men of their rank
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