Show PARADISE FOR THE POETS World Surely Would Be Pleasant Dwelling Pl Place ce If All Sweet S ngi ng- ng i ers rs Were Endowed J A contemporary suggests that poets and poetry poetry poetry-be be endowed Should such a great and ond holy reform be established the stream of poesy poes will at last be The singer will tI break his chains The world ma may finally slake Its burning thirst in limpid lim Alm- pid phi pools of ot truth The lyre Ire will be heard bear In ever every town and hamlet Men will rend poetry at meals me then improvise Improvise vise It t In their sleep Newspapers and magazines magazine will wilt teem with It There will be swarms arms of poets like mosquitoes toes c catching Inspiration from every ery twig and leaf leaf and and fat government subsidies Nor 1 Is this all nil The poet will become a a sort of public utility like the fire department ment Ills IUs Job will be to kindle fire not extinguish It IL He Ile will be rushed to the scene of action In a n municipal municipal mu mu- auto there fittingly to commemorate commemorate commemorate com com- great deeds A poet will be available by bJ night or day for all occasions occasions' oc oc- public public as well as private But how shall shuJI a u poet quail qualify How lIow become officially endowed ed By length of ot servitude or quantity and unil quality of product What the remuneration Shall Shalle we e form a poets poet's zoo each 1 with ills own cage and a 0 yard ranI and trough Ah here we become lost In a n maze of at difficulties Who Vho will administer the fund Think how how Parnassus ml might t te be e corrupted I r Yet tie worth the experiment Gayety Gayety Gayety Gay- Gay ety will be nil the worlds world's portion o when the poet Jealous of his monetary grant gront Is found training his muse to Jump and bark nt at l pleasure of poll poll- Toledo tics Toledo Blade |