Book-Song: An Anthology of Poems of Books and Bookmen from Modern Authors by Gleeson White

Author:Gleeson White [White, Gleeson]
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Elliot White
Published: 2010-06-08T00:03:43.926000+00:00

Well, what with perils upon the prairies,

And haunted ruins and ghosts in white,

And wars with giants and gifts from fairies,

At last I came to be crazed outright;

And, many a time, in my nightly slumbers,

Bearing a glove as a lady's gage,

I held the list against countless numbers,

After the style of the darkest age.

I am changed at present; the olden fever

Has left my brain in a sounder state;

In commonplace I'm a firm believer,

And hunt for figures and fact and date.

I have lost a lot of my old affection

For books on which I was wont to feed,

But still I can thrill at the recollection

Of mystery, magic, and martial deed.

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