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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[The Poet's your only practical man]
[Rash is the man that woos]
[Bard makes not Poem, not the shortest one]
[I love all the masters of poesie]
[Not like Homer would I write]
[The loving Poet shapes his fine delight.]
[You cannot see in the world the work of the Poet's pen]
[What chiefly makes a poem? not opulence, nor grace]
[Through the harmony of words]
[The Bard sings Beauty, and what lies behind]
[No wonder if the accurate man]
[If you love not Poetry]
[Many for Poems care much, for Poesie little or nothing]
[Best Poesie, by very skill of words]
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Blackberries
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[A base and selfish discontent]
A base
and selfish discontent
From hell is sent;
A noble discontent is given
Direct from Heaven.
That
, cowardice and low desires
Fill with unrest;
This
, the soul's longing that aspires
To find the Best.
Blackberries