AUSTEN! accept a grateful verse from me, The poet's treasure, no inglorious fee. Loved by the Muses, thy ingenuous mind Pleasing requital in a verse may find; Verse oft has dashed the scythe of Time aside, Immortalizing names which else had died. And oh! could I command the glittering wealth With which sick kings are glad to purchase health, Yet, if extensive fame, and sure to live, Were in the power of verse like mine to give, I would not recompense his heart with less, Who, giving Mary health, heals my distress. Friend of my friend! I love thee, though unknown, And boldly call thee, being his, my own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FINIS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: MRS. GREGORY WENNER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 55. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT PLAYING IT SAFE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |