Arts & Sciences

Epigram 10: Bacchus and Apollo

by John Taylor 1580–1653

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.

MLA

Taylor, John. “Epigram 10: Bacchus and Apollo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/177/.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 10: Bacchus and Apollo.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/177/.

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