The Ladle: a comic poem

History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems by Oxford University

Sep 16, 20136:42Education

Matthew Prior's The Ladle was one of the most popular poems of the eighteenth century. This podcast explores its appeal. Matthew Prior's The Ladle was hugely popular in the eighteenth century. Based on a story from Ovid,...

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