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EPIGRAM ON CIBBER'S DECLARATION THAT HE WILL HAVE LAST WORD by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: QUOTH CIBBER TO POPE, THO' IN VERSE YOU FORECLOSE
Last Line: FOR KNOW, THE LAST WORD IS THE WORD THAT LASTS LONGEST.
Subject(s): CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757);
Quoth Cibber to Pope, tho' in Verse you foreclose,
I'll have the last Word, for by G-- d I'll write Prose.
Poor Colley, thy Reas'ning is none of the strongest,
For know, the last Word is the Word that lasts longest.



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