Saying of what the Critic scored so learnedly,
“I don’t like that!”
The Critic now vouchsafed approval sparingly
Of what some genius had attempted daringly,
“This fellow tries;
He handles his conception frankly, feelingly.
Such work as this, done strongly and appealingly,
I recognize.”
The vulgar, gazing widely and unknowingly,
Still volunteered their cheap impressions flowingly,