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Blackberries

by William Allingham
 
 

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[Though fools and rogues the name disgrace]

Though fools and rogues the name disgrace,
The Critic hath his useful place,
To guide the floating Multitude.
How learns the Critic, subtle and shrewd?
Only from Artists' vital work.
There, every Critic rule must lurk;
Impossible else, as botany
If there grew no flower or tree.