Small Tableaux (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Small Tableaux My First and Last Strophe. On being asked to write an Ode by a Friend. Dear friend! I had commenced the 'soaring ode' - But oh! I felt, despite thy flattering talk, Like some poor sparrow, captured by a hawk, And borne on alien wings from his abode Beneath the sheltering eaves. It is an art Beyond my scope and pitch, I stare and pant In this Pindaric clutch, and feel my want Of force, henceforth I shall grow faint at heart To see a falcon tower. Let lyrics be, For, though I do not love to say thee nay, For my poor muse it is too late a day To mell with strophe and antistrophe! When odes are paramount, 'tis best for me To house and peep, lest I be swooped away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.