Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

To the Critic

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)

VEX not thou the poet’s mind

With thy shallow wit:

Vex not thou the poet’s mind;

For thou canst not fathom it.

Dark-browed sophist, come not anear;

Hollow smile and frozen sneer

Come not here.

The flowers would faint at your cruel cheer.

In the heart of the garden the merry bird chants,

It would fall to the ground if you came in.