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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LAUREL, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall royal praise be rhym'd by such a ribald Last Line: Oh! Save the salary, and drink the sack! Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | |||
Shall Royal praise be rhym'd by such a ribald, As fopling C--R, or Attorney T--D? Let's rather wait one year for better luck; One year may make a singing Swan of Duck. Great G-- ! such servants since thou well can'st lack, Oh! save the Salary, and drink the Sack! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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