Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES ON MINISTERS, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But ministers like gladiators live Last Line: Dies between exigents, and self defence. Subject(s): Politics & Government | ||||||||
-- But Ministers like Gladiators live; Tis half their business, Blows to ward, or give, The good their Virtue might effect, or sense, Dies between Exigents, and self defence. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL FIFTY APRIL YEARS by KHALED MATTAWA FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES ARS POETICA by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA CARMEN BOMBA: POET by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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