The Oxford Book of Satirical VerseGeoffrey Grigson A witty, entertaining anthology contains more than two hundred wickedly enjoyable little-known verse selections from such masters of satire as Dryden, Swift, Donne, Byron, Pope, Auden, and Cummings. |
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ANONYMOUS | 1 |
WILLIAM DUNBAR ?1465?1530 | 10 |
BEN JONSON 15721637 | 18 |
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