Death & Dying
For One Who Would Not Be Buried in Westminster Abbey
From Epitaphs
Death & Dying
Heroes and kings! your distance keep:
In peace let one poor poet sleep,
Who never flatter'd folks like you:
Let Horace blush, and Virgil too.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “For One Who Would Not Be Buried in Westminster Abbey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/51/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “For One Who Would Not Be Buried in Westminster Abbey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/51/.
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