Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

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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:

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

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