28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus

 What opposite discoveries we have seen!

What opposite discoveries we have seen! (Signs of true genius, and of empty pockets.) One makes new noses, one a guillotine, One breaks your bones, one sets them in their sockets; But vaccination certainly has been A kind antithesis to Congreve's rockets, ...
Folksonomies: poetry
Folksonomies: poetry
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From science, bombs and immunizations, guillotines and life-saving surgery. A poem by Lord Byron.