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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM. IMITATED BY GOLDSMITH, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet's Biography
First Line: Well then, poor g- lies under the ground
Last Line: Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.
Variant Title(s): Epitaph On G --
Subject(s): Gay, John (1685-1732)
First Line: Well then, poor g- lies under the ground
Last Line: Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.
Variant Title(s): Epitaph On G --
Subject(s): Gay, John (1685-1732)
Well then, poor G-- lies under ground!
So there's an end of honest Jack.
So little Justice here he found,
'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.
Other Poems of Interest...
EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT by ALEXANDER POPE
TO MR. GAY, WHO WROTE HIM A CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON FINISHING HOUSE by ALEXANDER POPE
ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT
EPITAPH ON MR. GAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE
VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (1) by ALEXANDER POPE
TO MR. GAY; ON HIS BEING STEWARD TO THE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY by JONATHAN SWIFT
A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE
A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE
AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM by ALEXANDER POPE
AN ESSAY ON MAN by ALEXANDER POPE
COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE
ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY by ALEXANDER POPE