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Where London's column pointing to the skies

DMI number:
37021
Poem Aliases
Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 3. To Bathurst.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Where London's column pointing to the skies
Last Line:
And sad Sir Balaam curses God and dies
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Death, Fate / fortune / providence, High society / the court, and Money / wealth
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Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Moral Essays, Epistle III To Bathurst. Twickenham edition III ii.
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First Line:
Where London's column pointing at the skies
Last Line:
And sad Sir Balaam curses God and dies
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Content/Publication
Title:
The speaker: or exercises in elocution [Dublin, 8th ed] [Vol 1] [T105852] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.41-42
Poem Title:
Chap XIV. Sir Balaam.
Attribution:
Pope.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope