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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE EARL OF OXFORD, by JOHN GAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm no more to converse with the swains
Last Line: Pray, my lord, how much money will do?
Subject(s): Harley, Robert. 1st Earl Of Oxford; Money; Mortimer, Earl Of
First Line: I'm no more to converse with the swains
Last Line: Pray, my lord, how much money will do?
Subject(s): Harley, Robert. 1st Earl Of Oxford; Money; Mortimer, Earl Of
(THE LORD HIGH TREASURER)
The Epigrammatical Petition of your
Lordship's most humble servant,
I'M no more to converse with the swains,
But go where fine people resort;
One can live without money on plains,
But never without it at court.
Yet if when with swains I did gambol,
I array'd me in silver and blue,
When abroad and in courts I shall ramble,
Pray, my Lord, how much money will do?
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