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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TONGUE-DOUGHTY PEDANT, by THOMAS EDWARDS Poet's Biography First Line: Tongue-doughty pedant; whose ambitious mind Last Line: Critic, must have a heart as well as head. Subject(s): Pedants | |||
Tongue-doughty pedant; whose ambitious mind Prompts thee beyond thy native pitch to soar; And, imped with borrowed plumes of index-lore, Range through the vast of science unconfined! Not for thy wing was such a flight designed: Know thy own strength, and wise attempt no more; But lowly skim round error's winding shore, In quest of paradox from sense refined. Much hast thou written -- more than will be read; Then cease from Shakespeare thy unhallowed rage; Nor by a fond o'er-weening pride misled, Hope fame by injuring the sacred dead: Know, who would comment well his godlike page, Critic, must have a heart as well as head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YE PEDAGOGUE; A BALLAD by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ADDRESS FROM THE BOOK-COLLECTOR TO THE BOOK-READER by J. BERESFORD ON THE SPECTATOR'S CRITIQUE OF MILTON by LAWRENCE EUSDEN OMENS AND AUGURIES by JOHN HEWITT MALEDICTI IN PLEBE SINT by JAMES LAUGHLIN SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS ON THE EDITION OF MR. POPE'S WORKS WITH A COMMENTARY & NOTES by THOMAS EDWARDS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELIZABETH CHILDERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THESMOPHORIAZUSAE: WOMEN'S CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES |
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