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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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