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 | Alexander Pope: Minor poems |  |
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EPIGRAMS, Occasion'd by An Invitation to Court.
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[In the Lines that you sent, are the Muses and Graces]
In the Lines that you sent, are the Muses and Graces;You have the Nine in your Wit, and Three in your Faces.
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[They may talk of the Goddesses in Ida Vales]
They may talk of the Goddesses in Ida Vales,But you show your Wit, whereas they show'd their Tails.
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[You B---n---ne, G---ff---n, and little La P---ll]
You B---n---ne, G---ff---n, and little La P---ll,By G---d you all lie like the D---l in Hell;
To say that at Court there's a Dearth of all Wit,
And send what A---le, would he write, might have writ.
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[Adam had fallen twice, if for an apple]
Adam had fallen twice, if for an appleThe D---l had brought him B---n---ne and La P---ll.
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[On Sunday at Six, in the Street that's call'd Gerrard]
On Sunday at Six, in the Street that's call'd Gerrard,You may meet the Two Champions who are no Lord S---d.
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[They say A---'s a Wit, for what?]
They say A---'s a Wit, for what?For writing? no,—for writing not.
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