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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAREWELL, RENOWN!, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, renown! Too fleeting flower Last Line: Farewell, renown! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin | |||
FAREWELL, Renown! Too fleeting flower, That grows a year to last an hour; -- Prize of the race's dust and heat, Too often trodden under feet, -- Why should I court your 'barren dower?' Nay; -- had I Dryden's angry power, -- The thews of Ben, -- the wind of Gower, -- Not less my voice should still repeat, 'Farewell, Renown!' Farewell! -- Because the Muses' bower Is filled with rival brows that lower; -- Because, howe'er his pipe be sweet, The Bard, that 'pays,' must please the street; -- But most ... because the grapes are sour, -- Farewell, Renown! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON IN AFTER DAYS; RONDEAU by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON WHEN THERE IS PEACE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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