Love is a boy by poets styl'd; Then spare the rod and spoil… - Samuel Butler

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Love is a boy by poets styl'd;
Then spare the rod and spoil the child.

Samuel Butler

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

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John Dryden Oliver Goldsmith Alexander Pope Walter Scott Robert Southey

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Each window like a pill'ry appears,
With heads thrust thro' nail'd by the ears.

As the ancients
Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance,
And look before you ere you leap;
For as you sow, ye are like to reap.

For those that fly may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.

Love is a boy by poets styl'd; Then spare the rod and spoil the child. - Samuel Butler

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