Sunday, July 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Another John Fell

English poet Tom Brown supposedly wrote this rhyme in 1680, and spoke it to Dr. John Fell, the then-Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. I was reminded of the verse when reading a Slate article about why people don't like Hillary Clinton.
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why -- I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.
Life is like that, our likes aren't always rational.  Hillary just pi**es off people.

Wikipedia reports the poem was a very loose translation of the 32nd epigram of Martial, a Roman epigramist.