Beware of those who slyly pilch <br />In many cunning ways; <br />Beware of little lyres that filch <br />From undisputed bays! <br />Beware the tumbler's beaded brim, <br />The ass in fiercer fur; <br />But most of all beware of him <br />Who makes my pen to stir-- <br />THe Insecure <br />And Amateur <br />Implacable Photographer! <br /> <br />Beware lest, thieving for your thirst, <br />An earwig's in the plum! <br />Beware of folly, gay at first, <br />That later makes you glum! <br />Beware of pits when stars are dim, <br />The tooth of vagrant cur; <br />But most of all beware of him <br />That makes my pen to stir-- <br />The masterful <br />Disasterful <br />Implacable Photographer! <br /> <br />Beware of angling in a stream <br />Whose trout are not for you; <br />Beware of trusting in a dream <br />That's gone before the dew! <br />Beware of truckling to a whim; <br />Of folks that always purr; <br />But most of all beware of him <br />That makes my pen to stir-- <br />The premature <br />And Amateur <br />Implacable Photographer!<br /><br />Norman Rowland Gale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-amateur-photographer/
