O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
- DMI number:
- 30877
- First Line:
- O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
- Last Line:
- And goad the prelate slumbering in his stall
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue, Satire, and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. Dialogue 2. Twickenham edition IV.
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Satire
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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