Henry Lawson

“ And I copied it and showed it to my clever friend again.
'You've improved the metre greatly, but the rhymes are bad,' he said,
As be read it slowly, scratching surplus wisdom from his head.
So I worked as he suggested (I believe in taking time) ,
And I burnt the "midnight taper" while I straightened up the rhyme. ”

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