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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM, by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS Poet's Biography First Line: Friend! Tell of these two things the just degree Last Line: Paying great count and homage to the rich. | |||
FRIEND! tell of these two things the just degree, Great learning or great wealth; the better which? I know not. But the learned still I see Paying great count and homage to the rich. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EMPTY PURSE by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS THE SONNET OF THE MOUNTAIN by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS TO A BORE by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS THE JOBHOLDER by DAVID IGNATOW IN THE CARPENTER'S SHOP by SARA TEASDALE THE WHITE WOMEN by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE LEONARDO'S 'MONNA LISA' by EDWARD DOWDEN MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN; LINES ON LOSS OF THE TITANIC by THOMAS HARDY THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER, ON 'THE HIGHER CRITICISM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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