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SONNET: 10. DRESDEN POETRY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: At dresden on the elbe, that handsome city
Last Line: Tis a true oracle, that evening journal!
Subject(s): Dresden, Germany; Poetry & Poets


AT Dresden on the Elbe, that handsome city,
Where straw hats, verses, and cigars are made,
They've built (it well may make us feel afraid)
A music-club and music warehouse pretty.
There meet the gentlemen and ladies witty,
Herr Kuhn, Miss Nostitz -- adepts at the trade, --
Spout verses, calling action to their aid.
How grand! Avaunt, ye critics! -- more's the pity!
Next day the paper tells us all the facts,
Bright's brightness flies, Child's childishness is childlike,
The critic's supplement is mean yet wildlike.
Arnoldi takes the cash, as salesman acts;
Then Bottiger appears, with noise infernal --
'Tis a true oracle, that Evening Journal!





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