Eyes
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July 5, 2023
Epigram
(Written in the last reign.)
Ye Politicians, tell me, pray,
Why thus with woe and care rent?
This is the worst that you can say,
Some wind has blown the wig away,
And left the hair apparent.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist and poet, best known for his humorous and autobiographical essays, collected in Essays of Elia. He was also a close friend of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the two collaborated on a collection of poems called Tales from Shakespeare.