Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPILOGUE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's something in a stupid ass Last Line: And with your place in the excise! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) | ||||||||
THERE'S something in a stupid ass, And something in a heavy dunce; But never since I went to school I heard or saw so damn'd a fool As William Wordsworth is for once. And now I've seen so great a fool As William Wordsworth is for once; I really wish that Peter Bell And he who wrote it were in hell, For writing nonsense for the nonce. It saw the 'light in ninety-eight,' Sweet babe of one and twenty years! And then he gives it to the nation And deems himself of Shakespeare's peers! He gives the perfect work to light! Will Wordsworth, if I might advise, Content you with the praise you get From Sir George Beaumont, Baronet, And with your place in the Excise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YOUTH OF NATURE: WORDSWORTH'S COUNTRY by MATTHEW ARNOLD RESOLUTION OF DEPENDENCE by GEORGE BARKER ON A PORTRAIT OF WORDSWORTH BY B.R. HAYDON by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE LOST LEADER by ROBERT BROWNING DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE WHITE KNIGHT'S SONG by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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