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COUPLET ON SHAKESPEAR'S MONUMENT (2) by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THUS BRITAIN LOV'D ME; AND PRESERV'D MY FAME
Last Line: CLEAR FROM A BARBER'S OR A BENSON'S NAME.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);

Thus Britain lov'd me; and preserv'd my Fame,
Clear from a Barber's or a Benson's Name.



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