Epigram on Stendhal's Long Search

Choosing a pen- or bardic name, or pseudnym

is not as easy as some claim, and not a whim.

Stendhal tried one hundred before the final name;

though not as often, I think I have done the same.

And I refuse to let doubters judge this as shame.

 

Starward

 

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Author's Notes/Comments: 

Stendhal, a French novelist, was born with the mundane name Henri Beyle.

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