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Excerpt from The Old Fountain Inn: And Other PoemsStands the old Fountain Inn with mountains o'erhung, On the bank of the beautiful river Chemung.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original for...
Excerpt from The Old Fountain Inn: And Other Poems
Oh! will he not forbear - forsooth!
Or turn his eyes away?
He brandishes unwelcome truth,
And fills me with dismay.
I've tried some simple rhymes of late,
And full-armed there he stands!
I think - I feel - I know I hate
To trust me in his hands!
I pout my lip, - I stamp my foot, -
I frown, - I look askance,
He tears up by the very root
The weed I name romance.
My poetry - he dubs it prose,...
