The Home of the Wild Rose, And Other Poems

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Perhaps you know That dreams add several cubits to our folly, That faded hopes retain a tinge of woe.
And disappointment shades to melancholy That seldom leaves the hopeful dreamer jolly, Except he be, perhaps, like Mr. Foley.
He is our poet, poet laureate — I envy him the title, envy highly.
I would have snatched the laurels, but the state Knew my designs and hid the branches slyly; My love of Burns had made them rather wily — They much preferred their Eugene-Foley-Riley.
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...ild Rose So I am left to scribble on alone Or stop, just as I choose. Some really think My downright poverty must surely own Existence to my useless waste of ink, That were my masterpiece thrown in the drink 'Tis ten to one 'twould be too light to sink.
But, "sink or swim" — Aye, let it "live or die, Survive or perish" in the strenuous game, Know ye, that through these many seasons, I Have fondly courted all the wiles of fame.
That I am watching still the muse's flame Smoulder into a smudge to hide my name.


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