11/23 He served the little maid with a benignity quite charming to witness, made an entry on a slate of.08, and resumed the conversation. The very last piece I wrote was copied in two papers. It was 'Contemplations in Autumn,' and--don't think I am too vain--one young lady has told me that it reminded her of Pollok. You never wrote in verse, did you, Cyprian ?" "I never wrote at all, Gifted, except school and college exercises, and a letter now and then. Do you find it an easy and pleasant exercise to make rhymes ?" Pleasant! Poetry is to me a delight and a passion. |