With books and money plac'd for show Like nest-eggs to make… - Samuel Butler

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With books and money plac'd for show
Like nest-eggs to make clients lay,
And for his false opinion pay.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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Like feather bed betwixt a wall
And heavy brunt of cannon ball.

And poets by their sufferings grow;
As if there were no more to do,
To make a poet excellent,
But only want and discontent.

I 'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.

With books and money plac'd for show Like nest-eggs to make clients lay, And for his false opinion pay. - Samuel Butler

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