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Epilogue

Lord Byron·1788–1824
Lines:19Movement:Romanticism
THERE'S something in a stupid ass, And something in a heavy dunce;But never since I went to school I heard or saw so damned a foolAs William Wordsworth is for once. And now I've seen so great a fool As William Wordsworth is for once;I really wish that Peter Bell And he who wrote it were in hell,For writing nonsense for the nonce. It saw the "light in ninety-eight," Sweet babe of one and twenty years!And then he gives it to the nation And deems himself of Shakespeare's peers! He gives the perfect work to light! Will Wordsworth, if I might advise,Content you with the praise you get From Sir George Beaumont, Baronet,And with your place in the Excise!