An eager beginner’s trusted cicerone <br />In the gossamer of abecedarian warrens <br />An ever-flowing brook beside a book-worm <br />Slaking his never-ending thirst for a fresh idiom <br />A writer’s permanent bed-side companion <br />On and on, blooming in him <br />Novel thought-jasmines <br />A poet’s handy spice-box of imagery <br />For use ready in his verse-cuisine <br />It is dictionary; our warehouse of vocabulary <br /> <br /> A A word anew when learned opens the gates <br />To the splendid new world of ken and acumen <br /> <br />Let us master the word, its usage and spirit <br />Right and perfect and offer to our fellow men <br />Our best message, sweet, yet candid and straight <br /> <br />Oh dear English! The million-word-rich treasure <br />You are the language making this world, one world <br />The golden cord connecting the humanity, bead by bead <br />When we find you; we conquer this planet for sure<br /><br />sathya narayana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dictionary-revised-version/
