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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGAINST WRITERS THAT CARP AT OTHER MEN'S BOOKS, by JOHN HARRINGTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The readers and the hearers like my books Last Line: I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks. Alternate Author Name(s): Harington, John Variant Title(s): Of Writers That Carp ... Other Men's Books Subject(s): Books; Critics & Criticism; Reading | |||
THE readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest: But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO SONNETS: 1 by DAVID LEHMAN THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY OF THE WARS IN IRELAND by JOHN HARRINGTON |
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