Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE REBUKE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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THE REBUKE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Said brown -- 'when I, myself to rid
Last Line: "you might have talk'd gum-arabic!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Arabic Language; Teeth; Toothaches


SAID Brown—"When I, myself to rid
Of pestering Arabs, fiercely chid
The swarm which throng'd the Pyramid,

—My false teeth as I loudly swore
By chance fell out,—then all was o'er,
And not a word could I say more!"

"You muff!" said Jones.—"Had you been quick
And seized that moment for the trick,
You might have talk'd Gum-Arabic!"





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