O Fons Bandusae
July 5, 2023Refining Fuller, Make Me Clean
July 5, 2023More Poets Yet!
“More Poets yet!”–I hear him say,
Arming his heavy hand to slay;–
“Despite my skill and ‘swashing blow,”
They seem to sprout where’er I go;–
I killed a host but yesterday!”
Slash on, O Hercules! You may.
Your task’s, at best, a Hydra-fray;
And though you cut, not less will grow
More Poets yet!
Too arrogant! For who shall stay
The first blind motions of the May?
Who shall out-blot the morning glow?–
Or stem the full heart’s overflow?
Who? There will rise, till Time decay,
More Poets yet!
Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson (1840-1921) was an English poet and biographer. He is known for his works such as "The Songs of a Savoyard" (1884), "Proverbs in Porcelain" (1887), "Eighteenth Century Vignettes" (1890), and "Echoes" (1894). He was also a prolific biographer, writing about the lives of figures such as Horace Walpole, William Hogarth, and Samuel Johnson. His works are known for their wit and humor, as well as their insight into the lives of the people he wrote about.