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Subject: BOILEAU, NICHOLAS (1636-1711)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPIGRAM. OZELL'S TRANSLATION OF BOILEAU'S LUTRIN, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ozell, at sanger's call, invoked his muse
Last Line: Who the plain-dealer damns, and prints the biter.
Variant Title(s): The Translator
Subject(s): Boileau, Nicholas (1636-1711); Translating & Interpreting


TIMON, A SATYR, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What timon! Does old age begin t' approach
Last Line: To drink bear glass, and hear the hectors roar.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Boileau, Nicholas (1636-1711); Porter, George (1622-1683); Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701); Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724); Women