Here's an interesting one that i found.
Explanation is included at the end for better understanding
or why this poem was wrote. An aside is also included.
So check this out.
I Do Not Love Thee, Dr Fell
I do not love thee, Dr Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not love thee, Dr Fell.
-- Tom Brown
Ok i got this from some site.
So here is the explanation....
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Tradition has it that Brown, while a student at Christ Church, got into some
sort of trouble and was taken to the dean, Dr John Fell. Brown was set to
be sent down from Oxford, but Dr. Fell decided to waive the expulsion if
Brown could translate, extempore a Martial epigram. The above poem is the
result; unfortunately, history does not record whether or not Brown's
creativity was sufficient to stay the dean's weath.
The original Martial epigram follows:
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare;
Hoc tantum posso dicere, non amo te.
-- Martial
Brown's translation is an excellent one, succinct and faithful to the
original (which reads something like this in English: "I don't like you,
Sabidius, and I can't say why; all I can say is I don't like you").
Hope everyone enjoyed reading.
:)
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Sir Arthur
Sitting in Rome, A Rat Talking Hurrying underneath reality.
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