Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

 

A Hint From Herrick

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

No slightest golden rhyme he wrote
That held not something men must quote;
Thus by design or chance did he
Drop anchors to posterity.

Source:

Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
Copyright 1895
Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York