Social Commentaries
To Minerva
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Social Commentaries
My temples throb, my pulses boil,
I'm sick of Song, and Ode, and Ballad—
So Thyrsis, take the midnight oil,
And pour it on a lobster salad.
My brain is dull, my sight is foul,
I cannot write a verse, or read,—
Then Pallas take away thine Owl,
And let us have a Lark instead.
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