Toggle Dropdown Serif Sans-serif Monospaced Dyslexic Bold Italic Font size: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mark as read [object Object] Only page of title 125 12 Very Easy Wess he says, and sort o' grins, "Art and Poetry is twins! "Yit, if I'd my pick, I'd shake Poetry, and no mistake! "Pictures, allus, 'peared to _me_, Clean laid over Poetry! "Let me _draw_, and then, i jings, I'll not keer a straw who sings. "F I could draw as you have drew, Like to jes' swop pens with you! "Picture-drawin' 's my pet vision Of Life-work in Lands Elysian. "Pictures is first language we Find hacked out in History. "Most delight we ever took Was in our first Picture-book. "Thout the funny picture-makers, They'd be lots more undertakers! "Still, as I say, Rhymes and Art 'Smighty hard to tell apart. "Songs and pictures go together Same as birds and summer weather." So Wess says, and sort o' grins, "Art and Poetry is twins. " End of title Sign in to unlock this title Sign in to continue reading, it's free! As an unregistered user you can only read a little bit. Links External resources bookshop Wikipedia Project Gutenberg Goodreads Google Books