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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 EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN CHAMBER MUSIC: 36 by JAMES JOYCE SONNET: THE HUMAN SEASONS by JOHN KEATS COMMUNION by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH TWELVE SONNETS: 10. THY WHITENESS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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