What is a modern poet’s fate? To write his thoughts upon a slate; The critic spits on what is done, Gives it a wipe—and all is gone.
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When Eve upon the first of Men The apple pressed with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant!
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Birth: | 23rd May, 1799 |
Death: | 3rd May, 1845 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Editor, Humorist, Playwriter, Poet |
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