Some Say, Compar'd To Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel 's But A Ninny

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Some say, compar'd 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.
-- John Byrom (1691-1763)
-- On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini

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