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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF BEAU MARSH; BETWEEN BUSTS NEWTON AND POPE, by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Poet's Biography
First Line: Immortal newton never spoke
Last Line: "but folly at full length."
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of
Variant Title(s): On Mr. Nash's Present Of His Own Picture
Subject(s): Fools; Statues; Idiots
First Line: Immortal newton never spoke
Last Line: "but folly at full length."
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of
Variant Title(s): On Mr. Nash's Present Of His Own Picture
Subject(s): Fools; Statues; Idiots
"IMMORTAL Newton never spoke
More truth than here you'll find;
Nor Pope himself e'er penn'd a joke
More cruel on mankind.
"The picture placed the busts between,
Gives satire all its strength;
Wisdom and Wit are little seen --
But Folly at full length."
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