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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "said bassompierre, 'when I in spain abode"
Last Line: When at madrid I represented you'
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers;rudeness;spain; Bad Manners
First Line: "said bassompierre, 'when I in spain abode"
Last Line: When at madrid I represented you'
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers;rudeness;spain; Bad Manners
SAID Bassompierre, "When I in Spain abode,
Sire, on a mule in cavalcade I rode:"
The King to his Ambassador replied,
"An ass then fat upon a mule astride;"
"Sire!" he retorted, "what you say is true,
When at Madrid I represented you."
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