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EPITAPH FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HEROES AND KINGS! YOUR DISTANCE KEEP
Last Line: LET HORACE BLUSH, AND VIRGIL TOO.
Subject(s): TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND; WESTMINSTER ABBEY;
HEROES and kings! your distance keep,
In peace let one poor poet sleep,
Who never flattered folks like you:
Let Horace blush, and Virgil too.



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