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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SKETCH - PORTRAIT OF CREECH THE BOOKSELLER, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight Last Line: Still making work his selfish craft must mend. Subject(s): Booksellers; Bookstores | |||
A little upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, And still his precious self his dear delight; Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, Better than e'er the fairest she he meets; Much specious lore, but little understood, (Veneering oft outshines the solid wood), His solid sense, by inches you must tell, But mete his cunning by the Scottish ell! A man of fashion too, he made his tour, Learn'd "vive la bagatelle et vive l'amour;" So travell'd monkeys their grimace improve, Polish their grin-nay, sigh for ladies' love! His meddling vanity, a busy fiend, Still making work his selfish craft must mend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE ROAD TO LARRY ROBIN'S BOOKSTORE by ELEANOR WILNER EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT by ALEXANDER POPE RAPID TRANSIT (TO STEPHEN VINCENT BENET) by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY EPIGRAM: ON AUTHORS AND BOOKSELLERS by ALEXANDER POPE FROM A LONDON BOOKSHOP by ANONYMOUS THE DOMESTIC PHILOSOPHER by A LADY [PSEUD.] A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS |
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