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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 WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ELEGY: 3. CHANGE by JOHN DONNE EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by MATTHEW PRIOR IDYLLS OF THE KING: MERLIN AND VIVIEN by ALFRED TENNYSON COME HOME by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. THE CHURCH OF BROU by MATTHEW ARNOLD TO MISS RIGBY, ON HER ATTENDANCE UPON HER MOTHER AT BUXTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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