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Alexander Pope: Minor poems

Edited by Norman Ault: Completed by John Butt

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

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EPIGRAMS Occasioned by Cibber's Verses in Praise of Nash.

I. [O Nash! more blest in ev'ry other thing]

O Nash! more blest in ev'ry other thing,
But in thy Poet wretched as a King!
Thy Realm disarm'd of each offensive Tool,
Ah! leave not this, this Weapon to a Fool.
Thy happy Reign all other Discord quells;
Oh doe but silence Cibber, and the Bells.
Apollo's genuine Sons thy fame shall raise
And all Mankind, but Cibber, sing thy praise.

II. [Cibber! write all thy Verses upon Glasses]

Cibber! write all thy Verses upon Glasses,
The only way to save 'em from our A---s.