Ballade of Soporific Absorption (1931).
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And I've swallowed, I grant, a beer of lot -
But '''I'm not so think as you drunk I am.''
— J. C. Squire
What It Means
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But '''I'm not so think as you drunk I am.''" in the context of "Ballade of Soporific Absorption (1931)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About J. C. Squire
Sir John Collings Squire (2 April 1884 – 20 December 1958) was a British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period.
About J. C. Squire
Sir John Collings Squire (2 April 1884 – 20 December 1958) was a British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period.
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