An Autograph
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines written at the request of a young lady and inserted in a mental Album.
We looked over the book, it was in form of questions and auswers. One
of the questions was 'who is your favorite poet?' We were quite amused
to find a number of different persons had written in answer, 'McIntyre.'
We believe that the most of them were joking, but we hope to inspire them
With loftier idea of our poetic power in the future.
In this Album you may trace-
If not the lineaments of face-
Here, at least, you will find
Photographs of the mind.
Some in earnest, some in fun,
some do lecture, some do pun ;
Here the maiden and the youth,
Each proclaim some precious truth.
And there is some fine pages-
Written by maturer ages-
They show that time is brief,
That soon comes sere and yellow leaf.
But we must cease, 'ere your ire
Be aroused 'gainst McIntyre,
Who doth reside in Ingersoll-
you'll think that he is droll.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXBXX CCDD AAEE FFGG BBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 897 |
Words | 173 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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