Living
Will Nothing but from Greece or Rome
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Will nothing but from Greece or Rome
Please me? is nothing good at home?
Yes; better; but I look in vain
For a Moliere or La Fontaine.
Swift, in his humour, was as strong,
But there was gall upon his tongue.
Bitters and acids may excite,
Yet satisfy not appetite.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Will Nothing but from Greece or Rome.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/948/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Will Nothing but from Greece or Rome.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/948/.
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