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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN APPEAL, by RAY CLARKE ROSE
First Line: Dear critics, do not criticise
Last Line: Dear critics, do!
Subject(s): Youth
First Line: Dear critics, do not criticise
Last Line: Dear critics, do!
Subject(s): Youth
Dear critics, do not criticise
Too harshly, for the arrant wise
May ape the rashness of the fool,
And, damning by too stern a rule,
Make rank injustice wear the guise
Of right. Thus fortune oft denies
A just reward to him who tries
With effort greater than you cool,
Dear critics do.
It may be that Diana's eyes,
Young Chloe's cheek and Juliet's sighs
Are subjects trite, save in the school
Where love makes youth its pliant tool;
But be benign and sympathize,
Dear critics, do!
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