Social Commentaries
French and English
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
The French have taste in all they do,
Which we are quite without;
For Nature, that to them gave GOUT
To us gave only gout.
Cite this poem
MLA
Erskine, Thomas, Lord Erskine. “French and English.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/erskine_t/0/.
Chicago
Erskine, Thomas, Lord Erskine. “French and English.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/erskine_t/0/.