Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from America First Sir Geddes: And Other Poems of Fun, Fiction and Fancy
Should choose the light fantastic way, And gain the clamor of the throng By innuendoes in his song.
Poor critics frequently ignore The hidden truths the poets pour Because their vision fails to scan The nobler purposes of man.
The poet's object and his worth Are like the miner's in the Earth Whose constant care and watchful eye Discern the wealth the throng pass by.
Pity the mind whose moving cause Appeals alone to vein applause, And fails the truth from dust to raise For want of common public praise.
Pity the day the public scorn The power within the poet born, And cherished as his richest prize; The right and 'will to criticize.
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