Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES: THE FIFTH BOY, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When oxford saw in her radclivian dome Last Line: Help'd the rare thief to raise up a design. Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Plagiarism; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
When Oxford saw in her Radclivian dome Greek skill and Roman rivall'd here at home, Wond'ring she stood, till one judicious spark Address'd the crowd, and made this sage remark, "The most unlicens'd plagiary,this Gibbs! "Nothing in all his pile but what he cribs. "The ground he builds upon is not his own; "I know the quarry whence he had his stone, "The forest too where all his timber grow'd, "The forge in which his fused metals flow'd; "Slightly survey the edifice intire, "'Tis all a borrow'd work from base to spire." Thus with our epic architect he deals, Who says that Milton in his poem steals; Steals, if he will;"but without license?" No; Pedlars in verse unmeaningly do so. Him Phœbus licens'd; and the Muses nine Help'd the rare thief to raise up A DESIGN. | 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 HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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