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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[Ad usum Scriptorum.]
[Though modest, as plainly her duty]
[Snort cares not for my writings. That's but fair]
[Why, Screwnose, feel thy coldness or thy gibe?]
[O bounce! O flea! how sharp you bite!]
[Great Critic Zed is rarely sweet of mood.]
[Arr does write books; and, to exalt his own]
[Scratch also writes; and if you can and do]
[On one man, Pinchley, hast thou made a keen]
[Descend from that high judgment-seat]
[Who may this be, comes lounging through the door]
[“Who wrote, tell me true]
[I've studied the Review; let me count my gains]
[Were once your Author underground]
[“Portrait of Peter Pallette by Himself,”]
[As to bribing a newspaper—that is absurd!]
[Ninny is nuisance enough; Dolt worse; but worst is the Blackguard.]
[Is Criticism of use? then, bless your eyes]
[Without feeling or humour, Witticisms,—]
[Though fools and rogues the name disgrace]
[Critics, good-bye! in peace your trade pursue!]
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Blackberries
[Suppose we tried the simple plan, to say]
Suppose
we tried the simple plan, to say
No lies at all, for just one single day.
Would houses crumble into heaps of sand,
Fields wither, sky fall, ocean whelm the land?
Blackberries