John Byrom

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

Some say, compared to Bononcini,
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
Others aver, that he to Handel
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Some say, compared to Bononcini,
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
Others aver, that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle:
Strange all this difference should be,
'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.