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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHIGS AND TORIES, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1692-1774)
First Line: The king to oxford sent a troop of horse
Last Line: For whigs admit no force but argument.
Variant Title(s): Oxford And Cambridge;epigram: The Answer To Trapp's Epigram
Subject(s): Books; Cambridge University; George I, King Of England (1660-1727); Oxford University; Reading
First Line: The king to oxford sent a troop of horse
Last Line: For whigs admit no force but argument.
Variant Title(s): Oxford And Cambridge;epigram: The Answer To Trapp's Epigram
Subject(s): Books; Cambridge University; George I, King Of England (1660-1727); Oxford University; Reading
The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force:
With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs admit no force but argument.
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