Social Commentaries
Epigram: You Beat Your Pate
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Social Commentaries
You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come;
Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “Epigram: You Beat Your Pate.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/112/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “Epigram: You Beat Your Pate.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/112/.
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