Received from the Milwaukee Public Library. December 24, 1886.
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Tennyson’s Latest.
(After Mr. Russell Lowell’s “The Rose.”)
In his chamber sat the poet,
Striving to make verses free.
“I’ve a poem,” said he; “I’ll show it—
They’ll stand anything from me!
Public praise I know is hollow,
But to publish I’m opprest;