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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.
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“He had got a hurt
O' the inside, of a deadlier sort.”
O' the inside, of a deadlier sort.”
“I 'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.”
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.”
“While the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.”
Is spick and span new.”
“Friend Ralph, thou hast
Outrun the constable at last.”
Outrun the constable at last.”
“A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.”
Which learned pedants much affect.”
“True as the dial to the sun,
Although it be not shin'd upon.”
Although it be not shin'd upon.”
“With mortal crisis doth portend
My days to appropinque an end.”
My days to appropinque an end.”
“When pious frauds and holy shifts
Are dispensations and gifts.”
Are dispensations and gifts.”
“He made an instrument to know
If the moon shine at full or no.”
If the moon shine at full or no.”
“Quoth Hudibras, "I smell a rat!
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate."”
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate."”
“Like feather bed betwixt a wall
And heavy brunt of cannon ball.”
And heavy brunt of cannon ball.”
“We grant, although he had much wit,
He was very shy of using it.”
He was very shy of using it.”
“Nor do I know what is become
Of him, more than the Pope of Rome.”
Of him, more than the Pope of Rome.”
“Love in your hearts as idly burns
As fire in antique Roman urns.”
As fire in antique Roman urns.”
“He ne'er consider'd it, as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth.”
To look a gift-horse in the mouth.”
“Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!”
The man that meddles with cold iron!”
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“He is of a middle stature, strong sett, high coloured, a head of sorrell haire, a severe and sound judgement: a good fellowe.”
About Samuel Butler (poet)
Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.