Note 85 — LITERARY FOLLIES.
Reading edition
The old Poet, Gascoigne, composed one of the longest English specimens, which he says gave him infinite trouble. It is as follows:—
"Lewd did I live, evil I did dwel."
Reading edition
The old Poet, Gascoigne, composed one of the longest English specimens, which he says gave him infinite trouble. It is as follows:—
"Lewd did I live, evil I did dwel."