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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAST AND PRESENT, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Our fathers in the georgian era
Last Line: Suits the yet thinner conversation.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Georgia (state); Past
First Line: Our fathers in the georgian era
Last Line: Suits the yet thinner conversation.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Georgia (state); Past
OUR fathers in the Georgian era
Shone over port and old Madeira.
We of this less robustious epoch
Excel in dulness over cheap hock.
And true enough, the thin potation
Suits the yet thinner conversation.
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