 | [Poems by Drake in] The life and works of Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) |  |
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Moi-même
A comical mixture, half bad and half good,Who has skimmed over all things and nought understood;
Too dull to be witty, too wild to be grave,
Too poor to be honest, too proud for a knave;
In short, a mere chaos, without form or rule,
Who approaches to all things, but nearest a fool.
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