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LINES IN CONCLUSION OF A SATIRE by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: BUT WHAT AVAILS TO LAY DOWN RULES FOR SENSE?
Last Line: WHEN AMBROSE PHILIPS WAS PREFERR'D FOR WIT!
Subject(s): PHILIPS, AMBROSE (1674-1749);
But what avails to lay down rules for sense?
In -- 's Reign these fruitless lines were writ,
When Ambrose Philips was preferr'd for Wit!



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