...is what TOM HOOD wrote about the treatment meted out to the Minor Poet in his time :— " What i» a Modern Poet's fate ? To write his thoughts upon a slate— The critic spiU on what U done, Gire« it a wipe -and all i* gone. And this (says Mr. Punch) is the Minor Poet's...

...family in comfort. • I I" who murmurs at his lot, is like one baring his feet to tread upon thorns. ' What is a modern poet's fate ? To write his thoughts...slate — The critic spits on what is done, Gives a wipe, — and all is gone ! THE ISRAELITES. THE rise, decline and fall of States and of Empires,...

...— my temples ache From evening's dew till morning's pearl, What course to take my boy to make — 0 could I make my boy — a girl ! THE POET'S FATE....and all is gone. DECEMBER AND MAY. " Crabbed Age and Youth cannot live together." SHAKSFEAKE. SAID Nestor, to his pretty wife, quite sorrowful one day,...

...till morning's pearl, What course to take my boy to make0 could I make my boy—a girl! TIlE POETS FATE. WHAT is a modern Poet's fate? To write his thoughts upon a slate ;— Time Critic spits on what is done,— Gives it a wmpe,—and all is gone. DECEMBER AND MAY¿ “Crabbed...

...the first series of " Whims and Oddities " with the following " Dedication to the Reviewers " — " What is a modern poet's fate ? To write his thoughts...what is done, Gives it a wipe — and all is gone ! " The first series reached a second edition in the same year, and other works followed in quick succession....

...dedicated to the " Reviewers" in a humorous sort of epigram as follows : — DEDICATION. TO THE REVIEWERS. What is a modern Poet's fate ? To write his thoughts...what is done, Gives it a wipe — and all is gone ! ward; — commixture of what the superficial deem incongruous elements! — Instructive living proof...

...dedicated to the " Reviewers " in a humorous sort of epigram as follows : — DEDICATION. TO THE REVIEWERS. What is a modern Poet's fate ? To write his thoughts...what is done, Gives it a wipe — and all is gone ! This first series took so- well with the public, that a second edition followed, — and some time...

...biassed." SCRIBLERU.M. DEDICATI0N, T0 THE REVIEWERS. What is a modern Poet's fate? To write his thonghts upon a slate ; — The Critic spits on what is done, — Gives it a wipe, — and all is gone. IN presenting his Whims and Oddities to the Public, the Author desires to say a few words, which he...

...morning's pearl, What course to take my boy to make — O could I make my boy — a girl! THE POET S FATE. WHAT is a modern Poet's fate ? To write his...and all is gone. DECEMBER AND MAY. " Crabbed Age and Youth cannot live together." SHAKSPEARE. SAID Nestor, to his pretty wife, quite sorrowful one day,...

...Bias ! if to pan be a crime, by thy example I was biassed." SCRIBLEBUg. DEDICATION, TO THE REVIEWERS. What is a modern Poet's fate ? To write his thoughts...is done, — Gives it a wipe, — and all is gone. IN presenting his Whims and Oddities to the Public, the Author desires to say a few words, which he...