The Washington times., 1931-08-03

M voler intensely hghstrung artist put into this picture
all his thoughts and emotions about dead poet and appro
pirate tomb for him.
will you out the meaning Of the various
emblems and symbols gathered together here.
Such practice produce immediate results but Is
good thing for the imagination and has been truly said the
ina ginaion is all that possess.
It imagining that has raised from the the
air pilot has given the submarine the sewing machine the
harvesting machine and moving pictures
First men IMAGINE things, then they MAKE THEM And
next, they USE THEM
you your imagination this picture.
The big heart you recognize at once 1t is the poet hear
which did 90 into the tomb with him. and still work
ing for the good of mankind although the from the
candle may be dropping it,
lighted candle is intended to show that the poets flame
still burns although he cold in the ground the worms
The lily which looks though made of concrete M
we confess little too much for US.
There is no secret empty cup: is put there to
show that the poet drained the joy and inspiration OF life to
the very dregs.
There is nothing puzng portrait with the fancy
hair, framed in what looks like hand mirror.
the poet with his eyes closed in death his beautiful
hair without white thread his gentle mouth looking
though in infancy might have hspd in numbers for the
The tree that has grown up through the tomb making
hole in solid marble is little puzzng perhaps means the
genius poet struggling back into the sunshine
! But why should the limbs be clipped off?
that curious convance close to the poets right cheek
what does THAT mean?
It looks like ngenously devised Of thons, ons
with the spikes pointing upward and nice smooth ounda
arranged that the could be without causing
any hurt.
You nave dea now real pOeLs YOU
haven't the slightest conception of how millions Of
there who THINK they are poets and waste their
time in rhymng.
There is no greater bore than the imitation poet whs
"Firc in each eye, and papers in each hand
They rave, recite, and madden round the land"
Pope clever poet although not great wrote that
and he also wrote
| "rs there a parson much bennused in beer,
A n1audLin pOetess a rhynsing peer,
A clerk fOredOOn'd his fathers soul to cross
Who pens a stanzG sUhen he should engross?"
should be remembered however that while the would be
poet lacking all poetry is nuisance the real poet bless
ing to the human leaving behind him treasures that
never fade or lose their value.
that died in Greece than two thousand years ago
still stimulate and educate the brains Of intelligent
impossible to exaggerate the value to the human
of such giant Shakespeare Of such poets
Wordsworth Shelley Keats the great French poet von
Therefore respect poets including those yet
great for they may become great later.
Read Shelley and Keats and matter of have
volume of Shakespeare at your elbow, always.
Many of do not appreciate poetry being too busy with
baseball and money.
But the average may say Of poetry what the Scotch
man said when he sick rough lake. Its ckening
to be sick but it's good for you.
Poetry is good for you. Read lot of it,
Ask your intelligent wife daughter sister refined young
ladv friend" how she would interpret this picture.