TO use my books all friends are bid: My shelves are open for 'em; And in each one, as Grolier did, I write @3Et Amicorum@1. All lovely things in truth belong To him who best employs them; The house, the picture and the song Are his who most enjoys them. Perhaps this book holds precious lore, And you may best discern it. If you appreciate it more Than I -- why don't return it! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COMING OF GOOD LUCK by ROBERT HERRICK THE WHITE SHIP by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 96 by ALFRED TENNYSON INSCRIPTIONS: 3 by MARK AKENSIDE HAWTHORNE by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT SONG OF THE FLOUR-MILL by EDWIN ARNOLD WRITTEN ON A MARBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |