Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NIL ADMIRARI, ETC., by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR


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First Line: Horace and creech!
Last Line: Write it again. Thy mysteries!
Subject(s): Writing & Writers


Horace and Creech! Sages require
Thus do ye teach? Much to admire,
What idle speech! Nought to desire.

Pope! and could you God! grant thou me
Sanction it too? Nature to see
'Twill never do. Admiringly.

One idle pen Lo! how the wise
Writes it, and ten Read in her eyes
Write it again. Thy mysteries!





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