Arts & Sciences
Epigram 10: Bacchus and Apollo
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Arts & Sciences
The thigh-borne bastard of the thrundring Ioue
(When mens inuentions, are of wit most hollow)
He with his spitefull iuice their sprites doth moue,
Vnto t' harmonious musicke of Apollo:
And in a word, I would haue al men know it,
He must drinke wine, that meanes to be a Poet.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 10: Bacchus and Apollo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/177/.
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