Social Commentaries
Epigram: Quoth David to Daniel--"Why is it these scholars
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Quoth David to Daniel--"Why is it these scholars
Abuse one another whenever they speak?"
Quoth Daniel to David--"it nat'rally follers
Folks come to hard words if they meddle with Greek!"
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Saxe, John G. “Epigram: Quoth David to Daniel--"Why is it these scholars.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/9/.
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Saxe, John G. “Epigram: Quoth David to Daniel--"Why is it these scholars.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/9/.
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