Pessimistic Poets
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I little read those poets who have made
A noble art a pessimistic trade,
And trained their Pegasus to draw a hearse
Through endless avenues of drooping verse.
Source Book
Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Copyright 1895
Published by Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York