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TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH A MEMOIR OF HORACE WALPOLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HAD I BUT WALPOLE'S WIT, I'D WRITE
Last Line: AND SO, THAT'S ALL ABOUT IT!
Subject(s): WALPOLE, HORACE (1717-1797); WALPOLE, HORATIO; ORFORD, 4TH EARL OF;

HAD I but WALPOLE'S wit, I'd write
A quatrain here to-day
Should turn the wig of PRIOR white,
And make e'en HORACE gray;

Or had I STANHOPE'S pen (the same
That once he lent to YOUNG),
I would as neat a couplet frame
As e'er was said or sung;

But since I've not, I can't, you know;
The page must go without it;
This is my latest gift; and so...
And so, that's all about it!



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