But all our praises why should lords engross

DMI number:

31858

Poem Aliases

Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 3. To Bathurst.

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Absolute (100%)

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But all our praises why should lords engross

Last Line:

The wretch who living saved a candle's end

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Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet

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Virtue / vice

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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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All our praises why should lords engross

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Content/Publication

Title:

Elegaic and other poems by several hands [N7028] [ecco]

Page No(s):

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross.

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