Epigram - Thy Nags, The Leanest Things Alive

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



Thy nags, the leanest things alive,
So very hard thou lovest to drive,
I heard thy anxious coachman say
It costs thee more in whips than hay.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 147
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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