A striking book, yet not a startling book.

The public blames originalities

(You must not pump spring water unawares

Upon a gracious public, full of nerves),

Good things, not subtle, new, yet orthodox,

As easy reading as the dog-eared page

That’s fingered by said public fifty years,

Since first taught spelling by its grandmother,

And yet a revelation in some sort;

That’s hard, my critic Belfair! So, what next?