Poems (Hoffman)/Accepted and Rejected
ACCEPTED AND REJECTED
A modern bard of some renown
Scribbled a few weak couplets down
And sent them to his printer,
Then fell asleep to wait the fee
That purchased gaiety and ease
For all the coming winter.
Scribbled a few weak couplets down
And sent them to his printer,
Then fell asleep to wait the fee
That purchased gaiety and ease
For all the coming winter.
The printer read the name thereto,
"Not time to look the poem through
What use to question further?"
No doubt a treasure he possessed.
The sum is sent with the request
Ere long for such another.
"Not time to look the poem through
What use to question further?"
No doubt a treasure he possessed.
The sum is sent with the request
Ere long for such another.
An humble, unknown pen inscribed
A poem, yet by gold unbribed,
Inwrought with Truth's pure spirit,
Rich with the costly gems of thought
And all with glistening beauty fraught
Of real and lasting merit.
A poem, yet by gold unbribed,
Inwrought with Truth's pure spirit,
Rich with the costly gems of thought
And all with glistening beauty fraught
Of real and lasting merit.
The printer giving half askance
The signature a passing glance
Consigned it to the stubble,
Ignored the simple terms proposed
But kept the return stamp enclosed
To pay him for his trouble.
The signature a passing glance
Consigned it to the stubble,
Ignored the simple terms proposed
But kept the return stamp enclosed
To pay him for his trouble.