Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINES ON MINISTERS, by ALEXANDER POPE



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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.





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