On the Hurry of This Time
by Austin Dobson

With slower pen men used to write,
Of old, when "letters" were "polite";
In Anna's or in George's days,
They could afford to turn a phrase,
Or trim a struggling theme aright.

They knew not steam; electric light
Not yet had dazed their calmer sight;
They meted out both blame and praise
With slower pen.

Too swiftly now the Hours take flight!
What's read at morn is dead at night:
Scant space have we for Art's delays,
Whose breathless thought so briefly stays,
We may not work—ah! would we might!—
With slower pen.

Austin Dobson's "On the Hurry of This Time, " Collected Poems, 1895.

Select the correct answer.
What does the poet want us to do?
A.
Slow down and appreciate life
B.
Write letters more slowly
C.
Remember what we read