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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEDANT, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Lysander talks extremely well
Last Line: Full fourteen hours in four-and-twenty.
Subject(s): Talk
First Line: Lysander talks extremely well
Last Line: Full fourteen hours in four-and-twenty.
Subject(s): Talk
LYSANDER talks extremely well;
On any subject let him dwell,
His tropes and figures will content ye:
He should possess to all degrees
The art of talk; he practises
Full fourteen hours in four-and-twenty.
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