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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE TELLS HIS CREDITOR THAT THE MORE HE'S DUNNED, THE MORE HE WON'T...., by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN Poet's Biography First Line: Since you've begun, o, teazingest of men Last Line: At best your eloquence is no great things | |||
Since you've begun, 0, teazingest of men, To dun me every quarter of an hour, 'Tis clear that in nine cases out of ten You act from habit - not Volition's power. Your words may rattle out of you, but when They do I hear them as one would a shower Of pop-gun pellets levelled at some tower, Whereof the guns know nothing there and then. I lately read in some old Magazine Or some Automaton of German breed That used to speak by means of tubes and springs; 'Tis thus You speak to Me, you mere machine! So I'll not mind you further- and indeed At best your eloquence is no great things. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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