THE SPREAD OF CUBISM.
(A contemporary remarked recently how many names of famous men have ended in "on.")
Call no man famous till you know his end."On" is the most effective. Docked of "on,"Who'sMilt? orNels? orNewt? "On" nerves AnonTo blush unseen in public. Say, who penn'dDon Juan?Was itByr? CouldBurtbefriendThe humpstruck? So curtailed and put upon,WouldCaxtorPaxt, wouldLipt, wouldWinsthave shone?No, they would not. Their "on"'s what we commend.And what though "on" too lavishly impartThe gift of greatness ("Chestert," murmur some,"Were ample; not to mentionA. C. Bens")?We're spared—remember this in "on's" defence—AShawonranting from a super-cart,ACaineonskilled to beat the outsize drum.
Call no man famous till you know his end."On" is the most effective. Docked of "on,"Who'sMilt? orNels? orNewt? "On" nerves AnonTo blush unseen in public. Say, who penn'dDon Juan?Was itByr? CouldBurtbefriendThe humpstruck? So curtailed and put upon,WouldCaxtorPaxt, wouldLipt, wouldWinsthave shone?No, they would not. Their "on"'s what we commend.
Call no man famous till you know his end.
"On" is the most effective. Docked of "on,"
Who'sMilt? orNels? orNewt? "On" nerves Anon
To blush unseen in public. Say, who penn'd
Don Juan?Was itByr? CouldBurtbefriend
The humpstruck? So curtailed and put upon,
WouldCaxtorPaxt, wouldLipt, wouldWinsthave shone?
No, they would not. Their "on"'s what we commend.
And what though "on" too lavishly impartThe gift of greatness ("Chestert," murmur some,"Were ample; not to mentionA. C. Bens")?We're spared—remember this in "on's" defence—AShawonranting from a super-cart,ACaineonskilled to beat the outsize drum.
And what though "on" too lavishly impart
The gift of greatness ("Chestert," murmur some,
"Were ample; not to mentionA. C. Bens")?
We're spared—remember this in "on's" defence—
AShawonranting from a super-cart,
ACaineonskilled to beat the outsize drum.
*** Transcriber's Note: Typo "month" replaced with "mouth" in the fourth stanza of PER ASPARAGOS AD ASTRA. ***