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EPIGRAM ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S DEATHBED by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: HERE LIES WRAPPED UP IN FORTY THOUSAND TOWELS
Last Line: THE ONLY PROOF THAT C*** HAD BOWELS.
Subject(s): CAROLINE OF ANSBACH. QUEEN OF ENGLAND; HATE;
Here lies wrapt up in forty thousand towels
The only proof that C*** had bowels.



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