Death & Dying
Epitaph on Gay
From Miscellanies
Death & Dying
Well, then, poor G---- lies under ground!
So there's an end of honest Jack.
So little justice here he found,
'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “Epitaph on Gay.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/114/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “Epitaph on Gay.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/114/.
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