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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM, by JOHN WOLCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Midas, they say, possessed the art of old
Last Line: Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John
Subject(s): Politics & Government
First Line: Midas, they say, possessed the art of old
Last Line: Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John
Subject(s): Politics & Government
(On a learned gentleman, who was, not long since, very forward in censuring
Indian delinquents, and threatening them with exemplary punishment, but of late
is so greatly changed, as in one instance to become perfectly silent, and in
another the avowed defender and protector of the man whom he reprobated and
condemned in the strongest terms)
MIDAS, they say, possessed the art of old
Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold;
This modern statesmen can reverse with ease --
Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.
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