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Gerard's Monument

And Other Poems. By Emily Pfeiffer: 2nd Ed., Revised and Enlarged
Pfeiffer, Emily (1827-1890)

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III.—RONDEL.

Oh modern singers, ye who vote
Our times for song unfit,
Your Pegasus is smooth of coat
And patient of the bit;
But lost the freedom of his throat
And dulled his prairie wit,
Oh modern singers, ye who vote
Our times for song unfit!
If kin, fame, critics, age, you quote
As fain to thwart and twit,
Just try to feel your wings, and float
Above the scornful kit:—
Oh modern singers, ye who vote
Our times for song unfit?
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