Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UMBRA, by ALEXANDER POPE


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First Line: Close to the best known author umbra sits
Last Line: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Close to the best known Author, Umbra sits,
The constant Index to all Button's Wits.
Who's here? cries Umbra: 'Only Johnson' -- Oh!
Your Slave, and exit; but returns with Rowe,
Dear Rowe, lets sit and talk of Tragedies:
Not long, Pope enters, and to Pope he flies.
Then up comes Steele; he turns upon his Heel,
And in a Moment fastens upon Steele.
But cries as soon, Dear Dick, I must be gone,
For, if I know his Tread, here's Addison.
Says Addison to Steele, 'Tis Time to go.
Pope to the Closet steps aside with Rowe.
Poor Umbra, left in this abandon'd Pickle,
E'en sits him down, and writes to honest T --.
Fool! 'tis in vain from Wit to Wit to roam;
Know, Sense, like Charity, begins at Home.





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