Living
On a Late Empiric of "Balmy" Memory
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas
Living
His namesake, born of Jewish breeder,
Knew "from the Hyssop to the Cedar;"
But he, unlike the Jewish leader,
Scarce knew the Hyssop from the Cedar.
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Lamb, Charles. “On a Late Empiric of "Balmy" Memory.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/139/.
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Lamb, Charles. “On a Late Empiric of "Balmy" Memory.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/139/.
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