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THE POET by THOMAS RANDOLPH

Poet Analysis

First Line: FROM WITTY MEN AND MAD
Last Line: A WITTY MAN, OR ONE THAT'S OUT OF'S WITS.

FROM witty men and mad
All poetry conception had.

No sires but these will poetry admit:
Madness or wit.

This definition poetry doth fit:
It is witty madness, or mad wit.

Only these two poetic heat admits:
A witty man, or one that's out of's wits.



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