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INSCRIPTION ON A PUNCH-BOWL, IN SOUTH-SEA YEAR FOR A CLUB by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME, FILL THE SOUTH SEA GOBLET FULL
Last Line: AND JOVE WITH JOY PUTS OFF THE BEAR.

(CHAS'D WITH JUPITER PLACING CALLISTA IN THE SKIES & EUROPA
WITH THE BULL)

Come, fill the South-Sea Goblet full;
The Gods shall of our Stock take care:
Europa pleas'd accepts the Bull,
And Jove with Joy puts off the Bear.



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