Death & Dying
Gibbon! Tho' Thou Art Grave and Grand
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Death & Dying
Gibbon! tho' thou art grave and grand
And Rome is under thy command,
Yet some in cauliflower- white wigs,
Others put lately into brigs,
Instead of bending back and knee,
Would pull thy chair from under thee.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Gibbon! Tho' Thou Art Grave and Grand.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/940/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Gibbon! Tho' Thou Art Grave and Grand.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/940/.
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