The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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ON A RECENT CLASSIC CONTROVERSY. |
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ON A RECENT CLASSIC CONTROVERSY.
Nay, marvel not to see these scholars fight,In brave disdain of certain scath and scar;
'T is but the genuine old Hellenic spite,—
“When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!”
ANOTHER.
Quoth David to Daniel, “Why is it these scholarsAbuse one another whenever they speak?”
Quoth Daniel to David, “It nat'rally follers
Folks come to hard words if they meddle with Greek!”
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