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The lesson is that dying men must groan; And poets groan in rhymes that please the ear.

More from John Wain

  1. Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.
  2. This book - amber-clear, cool and with a good head - deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who never drink.
  3. How much of our literature, our political life, our friendships and love affairs, depend on being able to talk peacefully in a bar!

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