Social Commentaries
Epigram from the French
From Miscellanies
Social Commentaries
Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “Epigram from the French.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/113/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “Epigram from the French.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/113/.
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