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MY FIRST AND LAST STROPHE - ZaunköniG - 27.12.2010 MY FIRST AND LAST STROPHE. On being asked to icrite an Ode by a Friend. Dear friend ! I had commenced the ' soaring ode ' — But oh ! I felt, despite thy flattering talk, Like some poor sparrow, captured by a hawk, And borne on alien wings from his abode Beneath the sheltering eaves. It is an art Be)ond my scope and pitch ; I stare and pant In this Pindaric clutch, and feel my want Of force ; henceforth I shall grow faint at heart To see a falcon tower. Let lyrics be ; For, though I do not love to say thee nay, For my poor muse it is too late a day To mell with strophe and antistrophe ! When odes are paramount, 'tis best for me To house and peep, lest I be swoop'd away. |