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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH A MEMOIR OF HORACE WALPOLE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Had I but walpole's wit, I'd write
Last Line: And so, that's all about it!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Walpole, Horatio; Orford, 4th Earl Of
First Line: Had I but walpole's wit, I'd write
Last Line: And so, that's all about it!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Walpole, Horatio; Orford, 4th Earl Of
HAD I but WALPOLE'S wit, I'd write
A quatrain here to-day
Should turn the wig of PRIOR white,
And make e'en HORACE gray;
Or had I STANHOPE'S pen (the same
That once he lent to YOUNG),
I would as neat a couplet frame
As e'er was said or sung;
But since I've not, I can't, you know;
The page must go without it;
This is my latest gift; and so...
And so, that's all about it!
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