Living
"I hardly ever ope my lips," one cries
From The Home Book of Verse, ed. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
Living
"I hardly ever ope my lips," one cries;
"Simonides, what think you of my rule?"
"If you're a fool, I think you're very wise;
If you are wise, I think you are a fool."
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MLA
Garnett, Richard. “"I hardly ever ope my lips," one cries.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/garnett/11/.
Chicago
Garnett, Richard. “"I hardly ever ope my lips," one cries.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/garnett/11/.
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