Golden Shovel
Golden Shovel
I do not think that I shall be,
the first or last, therefore will not
hesitate to find out what the
prize would be for coming in first.
But then I shall always stand by
my fellow writers, and those whom
we all know and always are the
ones ready to try something new.
Still, I am not sure if this is
the right time to have really tried
this style, so hesitate, for nor
am I sure how this will go? Yet
if I don’t give this a try, the
fact will remain for me at last
I should have made an effort to
combat a fear which may then lay
to rest the reliance on the
need to continue the same old
writing style, I could push aside.
Be not the first by whom the new is tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside
Alexander Pope – An Essay on Criticism
Copyright © Christine Watts | Year Posted 2023
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