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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGAINST WRITERS THAT CARP AT OTHER MEN'S BOOKS, by JOHN HARRINGTON Poet's Biography
First Line: The readers and the hearers like my books
Last Line: I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harington, John
Variant Title(s): Of Writers That Carp ... Other Men's Books
Subject(s): Books; Critics & Criticism; Reading
First Line: The readers and the hearers like my books
Last Line: I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harington, John
Variant Title(s): Of Writers That Carp ... Other Men's Books
Subject(s): Books; Critics & Criticism; Reading
THE readers and the hearers like my books,
And yet some writers cannot them digest:
But what care I? for when I make a feast,
I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
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