Social Commentaries
Epigram ("Are you a Bard, cry'd Doll? I thought to see")
From Analects in Verse and Prose, vol. II (London, 1770)
Are you a Bard, cry'd Doll? I thought to see,
A man like you, much better company;
Spinrhime reply'd, I seldom talk; but think;
My pen I dip in gall, and talk in ink!
Your thoughts you talk away, they're dull and cold,
My thoughts are rich and warm, and turn to gold.
Doll now retorted somewhat in a rage,
Ah, that reflects upon our tasteless age.
Codex Note
On an affected and supercilious poetaster who seldom spoke in company.
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MLA
Carey, George Saville. “Epigram ("Are you a Bard, cry'd Doll? I thought to see").” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carey_gs/50/.
Chicago
Carey, George Saville. “Epigram ("Are you a Bard, cry'd Doll? I thought to see").” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carey_gs/50/.
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