History & Politics
Epigram XXIV. On a blind, and lame Beggar
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
History & Politics
How happily fate hath together joyn'd,
Two feeble men, one lame, and t' other blind!
The blind Man bears the lame, the lame supplies
By his direction, t' other's want of eyes.
See what the iron power of need can do,
It makes the blind to see, the lame to go.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXIV. On a blind, and lame Beggar.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/189/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXIV. On a blind, and lame Beggar.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/189/.
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