Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (2), by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One that should be a saint Last Line: Pray grant us admittance, and shut out miles davies. Subject(s): Davies, Miles (1662-1719); Harley, Robert. 1st Earl Of Oxford; Tower Of London; Mortimer, Earl Of | ||||||||
TO THE RT. HONBLE. THE EARL OF OXFORD One* that should be a Saint, and one* that's a Sinner, And one* that pays reckning but ne'r eats a Dinner, In short Pope and Gay (as you'l see in the margin) Who saw you in Tower, and since your enlarging, And Parnell who saw you not since you did treat him, Will venture it now -- you have no Stick to beat him -- Since these for your Jury, good and true men, vous-avez; Pray grant Us Admittance, and shut out Miles Davies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE EARL OF OXFORD by JOHN GAY VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (1) by ALEXANDER POPE 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 ELOISA TO ABELARD by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE |
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