Social Commentaries
On a Stone Thrown at a Very Great Man, but Which Missed Him
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Talk no more of the lucky escape of the head
From a flint so unluckily thrown-
I think very different, with thousands indeed,
'T was a lucky escape for the stone.
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “On a Stone Thrown at a Very Great Man, but Which Missed Him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/29/.
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “On a Stone Thrown at a Very Great Man, but Which Missed Him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/29/.
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