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Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets
By R. E. Egerton-Warburton
Egerton-Warburton, R. E. (1804-1891)
POEMS
EPIGRAMS.
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Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets
ON AN ILL-NATURED PARASITE.
When
he eats, 'tis to banquet as somebody's guest,
When he speaks, 'tis to utter some venomous jest;
So he never to open his mouth condescends
Unless it be done at the cost of his friends.
Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets