Aug 13– “After Blenheim” and “The Scholar” by Robert Southey (1796)
Summary: Aggressively generic poems.
Commentary: Maybe these were more profound 200 yeas ago. As it stands now, they're just "war is sad, even when we say we win," and "I'm grateful for old dead people" poems numbers 1413 and 134112 respectively. Some questionable meter and rhyme choices aren't doing them any favors.
On the plus side, readings are pretty quick so far this week.
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