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Show Poet's License. Robert W. Chambers, the novelist, was talking about a New York pcet. "His poetry is always awkard," Mr. Chambers said. "He drags ia words that you can( see are there solely sole-ly for the sake of rhyme. In fact, he reminds me of a Lake .Sunapee epitaph. epi-taph. "In a little churchyard, overlooking Lake Sunapee, a gray, mossy stone bears this inscription: ' ' " 'As sinks the sun with lengthened shadows, So sank and died the good George Meadows.' " 'N. B. Deceased's name . was Fields, but Meadows is substituted for the sake of the rhyme.' " Philadelphia Philadel-phia Bulletin. |