THE AUTOGRAPH
UNPUBLISHED POEM BY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH
[The MS. was sold in New York recently.]
Some hunt the tiger in his jungle deep,
Some chase the altitudinous giraffe,
Some fight the grizzly bear on mountain steep
And all of these their cup of pleasure quaff.
But fiercer rapture theirs who forward leap
To meet the grim, ferocious Autograph.
A terrible brute! but not so dangerous when
The prudent author keeps him in his—pen.