The production was applauded but his father turned his rhyming propensity into ridicule and encouraged him to write prose.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
The result was that at the end of a certain time it was impossible to meet an office-seeker or a politician, that is to say, an artist or literary man, out of his element and in search of the beautiful in an alien sphere, who did not turn his back on the pursuit of a government appointment in order to return to rhyming, sculpture and painting.
"Underground Man"
Gabriel Tarde
I hold it a pretty theme for the ballad-makers, Colonel Hill; but for myself, I have scarce time for rhyming just now.
"The Bride of Fort Edward"
Delia Bacon