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Where London's column pointing at the skies

DMI number:
37132
Poem Aliases
Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 3. To Bathurst.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Where London's column pointing at the skies
Last Line:
And sad sir Balaam then despairs and dies
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Death, Fate / fortune / providence, High society / the court, and Money / wealth
Related People
Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Moral Essays, Epistle III To Bathurst. Twickenham edition III ii.
Content/Publication
Title:
Exercises for improvement in elocution [T126614] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.98-100
Poem Title:
A character.
Attribution:
[Pope]
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope