Arts & Sciences
Poet! I Like Not Mealy Fruit; Give Me
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Arts & Sciences
Poet! I like not mealy fruit; give me
Freshness and crispness and solidity;
Apples are none the better over-ripe,
And prime buck-venison I prefer to tripe.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Poet! I Like Not Mealy Fruit; Give Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/555/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Poet! I Like Not Mealy Fruit; Give Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/555/.
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