Poem by Matthew Prior

Epigram («YES, every poet is a fool»)

YES, every poet is a fool:	
  By demonstration Ned can show it:	
Happy, could Ned’s inverted rule	
  Prove every fool to be a poet.

1. Cloe Jealous
2. Upon This Passage In Scaligeriana
3. An Ode to Mr. Howard
4. If Wine and Music Have the Power
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