The Past, Present, and Future In Prose and Poetry. |
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The Past, Present, and Future | ||
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XLVII. TO WRITE.
Upon being asked to write in an Album by Miss A. C. C.
To write in your “Album” I am not inclined,
Although I no reason can give,
Unless I should tell you I scarce have a mind
To utter a thought that should live.
Although I no reason can give,
Unless I should tell you I scarce have a mind
To utter a thought that should live.
But since you insist, I suppose I must try—
So here goes to do what I can,
Why, bless me! my thoughts have this moment gone by—
The truants, how swiftly they ran!
So here goes to do what I can,
Why, bless me! my thoughts have this moment gone by—
The truants, how swiftly they ran!
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To write right, the right way would be to write well,
Yet who can write well without thought?
And if the right thoughts will for ever rebel,
How can I write right as I ought?
Yet who can write well without thought?
And if the right thoughts will for ever rebel,
How can I write right as I ought?
Then how can I write in your “Album,” dear Miss,
If fugitive thoughts will not stay?
I hope you'll excuse an occasion like this—
So, therefore, I bid you good-day.
If fugitive thoughts will not stay?
I hope you'll excuse an occasion like this—
So, therefore, I bid you good-day.
But stay,—I should wonder, can thoughts run away
From one who never had any?
This problem I leave you to solve as you may,
Your “Album” will solve it to many.
From one who never had any?
This problem I leave you to solve as you may,
Your “Album” will solve it to many.
The Past, Present, and Future | ||