THE LYRIC POET

PART II

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Shall also comprise the poet's revenue.


Poets have many romances, I will confess,
Yet few achieve the status of success,
And concerning friends, poets being egotists have few,
However, …………………………………..


A poet is successful only to the degree,
That his lines………………………………,
And poets are quite good in starting a quarrel,
Though sometimes………………………….


Poets sometimes land in asylums or jail,
For the reasons…………………………….
Soliciting, slander, sedition, and loitering,
Peace disturbance………………………….


A 'Poets Invitation' for a reading or a social event
Is let everything…………………………………...
In writing by the host, delivered much in advance,
Payment immediately……………………………..


Whether a poets verse is rhymed or unrhymed
Makes all ……………………………………..
For when it comes to song we all know
That most songs have rhymed lyrics is definitely so.


Rhymed poets early in their career beg musicians for their services
But later in their………………………………………..
For only a rhymed poet and a composer can make a star.
Out of a singer…………………………………………..


Many poets and their words become known they are dead
Sometimes it's…………………………………
Or because an accepted poet would be so great,
In comparison to him few others in the world would rate.


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