Social Commentaries
The Prater: An Epigram
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Social Commentaries
LYSANDER talks extremely well ;
On any subject let him dwell.
His tropes and figures will content Ye :
He should possess to all degrees
The art of talk, he practises
Full fourteen hours in four and twenty.
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Prior, Matthew. “The Prater: An Epigram.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/178/.
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