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Who wrote " Ode To A Nightingale "?
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For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne!
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Arguably the shortest written exchange ever was that between Victor Hugo and his publisher, following the publication of Les Misérables, with Hugo enquiring with a simple "?" about the book's success, and his publisher responding: "!"
A hot contender for the second shortest exchange, however, is that following a bet between two friends who would be able to write the shortest letter in Latin. Thus, the first man wrote: "Eo rus" -- "I am going to the countryside." His friend responded: "I" -- "Go!" ... and had won the bet.
While this story is primarily associated with two Roman senators, it was later co-opted by a minor 18th century playwright for an alleged exchange with one of his country's most famous poets and philosophers.
Who was the 18th century playwright, and who his famous countryman?
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From The Top 500 Poems edited by William Harmon:
Name the quoted poet:
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
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