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EPIGRAM ON THE FEUDS BETWEEN HANDEL AND BONONCINI, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Some say, compared to bononcini
Last Line: Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee!
Variant Title(s): Epigram On Handel And Bononcini
Subject(s): Bononcini, Giovanni Battista (1670-1747); Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Music & Musicians


Some say, compared to Bononcini,
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
Others aver that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange all this difference should be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee!






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