The Author’s Boomerang
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HE frowns with reason; he has always said,
“The public has no knowledge of true art;
The book of worth these days would not be read;
‘Tis trash not truth that goes upon the mart.”
And then was published his belovéd work-
Some twenty-six editions it has had-
And he his own conclusion cannot shirk:
With such success as this it must be bad!