Excerpt from Pictures From a Pastorium: A Collection of Verses Written on Various Occasions, and Designed Mainly for Recitation
These pictures, if they may be styled as such, At various times received the author’s touch. Not to laborious task his pencil stirred, But Oftener far when by the moment spurred. ‘f or critic’s eyes they never were designed, And friends among them may not hope to find. Nay, conscious of the fate that such befalls, They even shrank from places on the walls, But lay concealed in unfrequented nooks, With no ambition to appear in books. They served their purpose, which was in the main To give diversion to a preacher’s brain o’ertensioned in the sturdy realm of prose, And seeking in some brighter field repose To keep the blades of intellect from rust, And honest tribute pay to themes discussed. But as recited, they have summoned forth Sometimes encomiums far beyond their worth, And copies asked which love could not deny, But found it inconvenient to supply. The author yields to his too partial friends, And this small volume with his greeting sends.
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