Arts & Sciences
Epigram to Nicander
Translated by John Bowring · From Specimens of the Russian Poets, 1821
Arts & Sciences
You talk of your taste and your talents to me,
And ask my opinion--so don’t be offended:
Your taste is as bad as a taste can well be:
And as for your talents--you think them most splendid.
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Karamzin, Nikolay. “Epigram to Nicander.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/karamzin/4/.
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Karamzin, Nikolay. “Epigram to Nicander.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/karamzin/4/.
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