History & Politics
Epigram ("The world is a bundle of")
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
The world is a bundle of hay,
Mankind are the asses who pull;
Each tugs it a different way,--
And the greatest of all is John Bull!
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Codex Note
First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 494.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epigram ("The world is a bundle of").” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/246/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epigram ("The world is a bundle of").” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/246/.
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