ON BEING CHALLENGED TO WRITE AN EPIGRAM IN THE MANNER OF HERRICK - Gilbert E. Brooke Poems

 
 

Poems » gilbert e. brooke » on being challenged to write an epigram in the manner of herrick

ON BEING CHALLENGED TO WRITE AN EPIGRAM IN THE MANNER OF HERRICK

To Griggs, that learned man, in many a bygone session,
His kids were his delight, and physics his profession;
Now Griggs, grown old and glum, and less intent on knowledge,
Physics himself at home, and sends his kids to college.