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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH GOLDSMITH'S SELECTED POEMS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Grub street is milton street today
Last Line: And call our task-work 'letters.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Goldsmith, Oliver (1730-1774)
First Line: Grub street is milton street today
Last Line: And call our task-work 'letters.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Goldsmith, Oliver (1730-1774)
GRUB-STREET is Milton Street to-day;
And that antiqua Mater
Whom GOLDSMITH served has passed away;
But is our lot the greater?
Ah no! as some lean rascal hides
His misery from his betters,
We wrap our trash in parchment sides,
And call our task-work 'Letters.'
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