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THE POET WHO COULD N'T WRITE POETRY
Mr. Tennyson Tinkleton Tupper von Burns
Was no poet, as every one knew;
But the fact that he had his poetical turns
Was well understood by a few.
Was no poet, as every one knew;
But the fact that he had his poetical turns
Was well understood by a few.
“I long, I aspire, and I suffer and sigh
When the fever is on,” he confessed;
“Yet never a line have I writ,—and for why?
My fancies can not be expressed!
When the fever is on,” he confessed;
“Yet never a line have I writ,—and for why?
My fancies can not be expressed!
“Ah, what avail language, ink, paper, and quill,
When the soul of a gifted one yearns?
Could I write what I feel, all creation would thrill,”
Said Tennyson Tupper von Burns.
When the soul of a gifted one yearns?
Could I write what I feel, all creation would thrill,”
Said Tennyson Tupper von Burns.
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