Arts & Sciences
Epigram: Yes, Every Poet Is a Fool
From Poems on Several Occasions (1718)
Arts & Sciences
YES, every Poet is a Fool :
By Demonstration Ned can show it
Happy, cou'd Ned's inverted Rule
Prove every Fool to be a Poet.
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MLA
Prior, Matthew. “Epigram: Yes, Every Poet Is a Fool.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/92/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “Epigram: Yes, Every Poet Is a Fool.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/92/.
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