I didn't realize that he was still writing so late as that; that's not a poem of his I've encountered before. I like a lot of his poems; most especially "In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'" and "The Ruined Maid," which has a similar focus on linguistics, but to a different point:
"At home in the barton you said thee and thou, And thik oon, and theäs oon, and t'other; but now Your talking quite fits 'ee for high compa-ny!" — "Some polish is gained with one's ruin," said she.
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"At home in the barton you said thee and thou,
And thik oon, and theäs oon, and t'other; but now
Your talking quite fits 'ee for high compa-ny!" —
"Some polish is gained with one's ruin," said she.