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EPIGRAM ON MR. M--RE'S GOING TO LAW WITH MR. GILLIVER by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE IN HIS LIFE M--RE JUDGES RIGHT
Last Line: WHO'S BUT A PUBLISHER HIMSELF.
Subject(s): SMYTH, JAMES MOORE;

Once in his Life M--RE judges right:
His Sword and Pen not worth a Straw,
An Author that cou'd never write,
A Gentleman that dares not fight,
Has but one way to teaze -- by Law.

This suit dear TIBBALD kindly hatch;
Thus thou may'st help the sneaking Elf:
And sure a Printer is his Match,
Who's but a Publisher himself.



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