The sun., 1912-08-05
NAMING THE MUSES. BABY.
out VC tlr Jerseys Comes Dnbhlins .
Rival Of the Ilatbush Choir.

To THE Enron or THE SuN Sir: After
a long pcr I'D OF CESSATION am delivered OF
the following
The golden pleasures Of authorship are
not bliss without alloy "f baser metal.
Tie taint of commerCiaism is upou all
art One dreams of an Eiy,ian state
wherein he might write with no less sordid
motive than ,h" joys of composition and
tho warming glow Of al'ruistic conscious
ness And yet a favorlt. theme OF the
poets has ever been the fight nj the muse
from her wooers when the whrligig OF
Fortune fayors them. A. Prosperity enters
at tho door. she. 'apricious mistress flies
out ut the window. Tradi'ionaily she is
moro az horne in the garrett than in the
drawing room. Adversely is the mother
OF bellies lcttres.
The wicked fates having endowed NE
with that questionable blessing jor. an
YOU will. unuue,iiouable curseI. the cacoe-
thes scribendi, and REINFORCED the aspira-
,ion with some slight modicum of inspira-
tion, cons derable facility and occasional
flashes of felicity. | earn my bread az n
copy readers desk and my butter by the
sale OF rhymcd and metered cNcsions "on
the side. In the precious hours OF slip
perrd ease | write there is the gold. In
the hours OF shirtsleeyed toll ! peddle my
wares: and there il the alloy. ] do not
lONs the tlfnhlt cl NH' ildIhe'pIaNe.
Here is poem lately wrought. " is
complete. as nearly perfect Of its kind as
my simpl, art can make II. And without
Wanting pride or hyrocritic modesty
| venture the assertion 'ha, II 4, well. rather
| a neat lit'!c thins II il not grandiL epic.
| like Milton, nor So cWerfly irric as "hny y
son; perhaps '-houli the nlur pencil under
! line The word | shall bc found quite amen
able TO disciplinei porhdIs, then II is more
! liz" Poe.
/ l. l,, in IL ia N
| some j, has a little Of wit, minus the
, sting in the tail of wit; md more OF hope
and happy ;milre than OF fears and tear.
Il" think. IA rather decent continuation OF
substance and grace. Ven ",e'ip"nnden
miStnrc Of u. .rav, AND the gay ii happy
but alas. Complete in body, skslcta'
structure, vestiture "t iesh. i lacks a lead.
y iss Wis. author who writes , n I" III M pre-
am in the ulenviable position Of young
parent choosing nam, for, the new baby.
Tra1s fransly IA mns hS's IS the mnieria.c. @ codly
The story o. Inc goods. suppose the verse.
;;i'lc would bc The NcS; Month, Rent.
or The Landlord forstalled for thirty
Days " the poem goes into tho What
youn,GyclHco, Wc.ki", finer, sense Of pro
portion would dictate "a Ton Of Coal ="
, and IN the. SUNDAY supplement, Shoes Tor
|
Whist one of them wouli send M" My
Wife's Easter Bonnet. or owed 70 tho
, Butcher, or even 40 fetching caption as
The Price of NV Night out With the Boys" u
Now | know why il 4, tina, no volum" ol
verse, however classic. lacks in it, list oi
contents that cQlorscs.. discriminating. un-
! satisfying old fake oi IA title. Song.
| Meanwhile. with n tpermit mel per
fcctly marketable pomc on my hands
| unstable so long a. IL remains headi"ss
and never "A head in my head !, who have
always been II healthy. happy. sane and
sound sort OF gink. cannot eat. sleep oI
! do justice to my faithful hriar Tho chill
drch WINNER. covering. IN the corners
my wife makes fur,ive dabs at her deai
eyes meals arc 2 torment, bedtime n relief
| and Iowscr viii not come out from under
tho kitchen table so long ~ / am in the
, house.
| The Headless Horscman OF Poetry Hollow
! halints me. Would IL br oossiblr to create
a demand FOR Untitled verse; appeal to
my fellow barcs and TO every reader whC
| has n spark ~ pity for tn" faded Muse "a
| hescve the editorial sanctum with petitions
| for the Poem Without u Label Let us
number our poems like bank checks and
| conviotS TttFELspRoCkH.
| NsHrpy PARK August g.