Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TO A POET, WHO WOULD HAVE ME PRAISE CERTAIN BAD POETS, IMITATORS ..., by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: You say, as I have often given tongue
Last Line: But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets

You say, as I have often given tongue
In praise of what another's said or sung,
'Twere politic to do the like by these;
But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?