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EPIGRAM ON J.M.S. GENT. by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: A GOLD WATCH FOUND ON A CINDER WHORE
Last Line: NOT THAT THEY'RE RICH, BUT THAT THEY STEAL.
Subject(s): PROSTITUTION; SMYTH, JAMES MOORE; HARLOTS; WHORES; BROTHELS;
A gold watch found on Cinder Whore,
Or a good verse on J--my M--e,
Proves but what either shou'd conceal,
Not that they're rich, but that they steal.



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