\input setup
\style{poems}
\num{8}
\what{Sonnet}
\title{To the //Times//}
I worshipped you when I was ten years old;
\qquad You stood before me, ageless, strong, and wise.
\qquad I eagerly devoured with my eyes
Each word you said; I read the Truth you told.
Now I peruse the news above the fold,
\qquad Yet sometimes when you editorialize,
\qquad I differ with the views that you advise,
And argue with the columns that you hold.
Your Words no longer Gospel-like resound
\qquad In black and white; they're tinged with grays and tint
Of colors that surround us.  I'll be bound
\qquad By books for background; but in broadsheet's hint
Of th' Old Gray Lady, stately, I have found
\qquad Respect for ``All the News that's Fit to Print.''
\bye
