Applause to you, Professor: J. V.---cunning
as you deployed your words, not simply slumming,
nor our modern fashion's delight, down-dumbing.
Sometimes you wrote against the smoother grain,
but always, in both soul and sense, humane.
To some, your artistry was wrought in vain,
but I find your bright mastery quite stunning.
Starward
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