Arts & Sciences

Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini

by John Byrom 1691–1763

From Miscellaneous Poems (1773)

Arts & Sciences

Some say, compar'd to Bononcini,
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
Others aver, that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle:
Strange all this difference should be,
'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee!

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Byrom, John. “Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byrom/2/.

Chicago

Byrom, John. “Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byrom/2/.

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