Social Commentaries
Epigram: A Bishop, by His Neighbours Hated
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A Bishop, by his neighbours hated,
Has cause to wish himself translated:
But why should Hough desire translation,
Loved and esteem'd by all the nation?
Yet, if it be the old man's case,
I'll lay my life I know the place:
'Tis where God sent some that adore Him,
And whither Enoch went before him.
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Pope, Alexander. “Epigram: A Bishop, by His Neighbours Hated.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/107/.
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Pope, Alexander. “Epigram: A Bishop, by His Neighbours Hated.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/107/.
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