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               AUTOCRATPROFESSORPOET。

                    AT A BOOKSTORE。

                    Anno Domini 1972。

          A crazy bookcase�察�placed before
          A low´price dealer's open door��
          Therein arrayed in broken rows
          A ragged crew of rhyme and prose��
          The homeless vagrants�察�waifs and strays
          Whose low estate this line betrays
          ��Set forth the lesser birds to lime��
          YOUR CHOICE AMONG THESE BOOKS�察�1 DIME��


          Ho� �dealer�察�for its motto's sake
          This scarecrow from the shelf I take��
          Three starveling volumes bound in one��
          Its covers warping in the sun。
          Methinks it hath a musty smell��
          I like its flavor none too well��
          But Yorick's brain was far from dull��
          Though Hamlet pah��'d�察�and dropped his skull。

          Why�察�here comes rain�  �The sky grows dark��
          Was that the roll of thunder �拭 �Hark��
          The shop affords a safe retreat��
          A chair extends its welcome seat��
          The tradesman has a civil look
          ��I've paid�察�impromptu�察�for my book����
          The clouds portend a sudden shower��
          I'll read my purchase for an hour。

                    。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

          What have I rescued from the shelf��
          A Boswell�察�writing out himself��
          For though he changes dress and name��
          The man beneath is still the same��
          Laughing or sad�察�by fits and starts��
          One actor in a dozen parts��
          And whatsoe'er the mask may be��
          The voice assures us�察�This is he。

          I say not this to cry him clown��
          I find my Shakespeare in his clown��
          His rogues the self´same parent own��
          Nay�  �Satan talks in Milton's tone��
          Where'er the ocean inlet strays��
          The salt sea wave its source betrays��
          Where'er the queen of summer blows��
          She tells the zephyr�察 �I'm the rose� �

          And his is not the playwright's page��
          His table does not ape the stage��
          What matter if the figures seen
          Are only shadows on a screen��
          He finds in them his lurking thought��
          And on their lips the words he sought��
          Like one who sits before the keys
          And plays a tune himself to please。

          And was he noted in his day��
          Read�察�flattered�察�honored�拭 �Who shall say��
          Poor wreck of time the wave has cast
          To find a peaceful shore at last��
          Once glorying in thy gilded name
          And freighted deep with hopes of fame��
          Thy leaf is moistened with a tear��
          The first for many a long�察�long year��

          For be it more or less of art
          That veils the lowliest human heart
          Where passion throbs�察�where friendship glows��
          Where pity's tender tribute flows��
          Where love has lit its fragrant fire��
          And sorrow quenched its vain desire��
          For me the altar is divine��
          Its flame�察�its ashes��all are mine��

          And thou�察�my brother�察�as I look
          And see thee pictured in thy book��
          Thy years on every page confessed
          In shadows lengthening from the west��
          Thy glance that wanders�察�as it sought
          Some freshly opening flower of thought��
          Thy hopeful nature�察�light and free��
          I start to find myself in thee��

          Come�察�vagrant�察�outcast�察�wretch forlorn
          In leather jerkin stained and torn��
          Whose talk has filled my idle hour
          And made me half forget the shower��
          I'll do at least as much for you��
          Your coat I'll patch�察�your gilt renew��
          Read you��perhaps��some other time。
          Not bad�察�my bargain�  �Price one dime��





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