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EPIGRAM. IMITATED BY GOLDSMITH by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: WELL THEN, POOR G- LIES UNDER THE GROUND
Last Line: TIS TEN TO ONE HE'LL NE'ER COME BACK.
Subject(s): GAY, JOHN (1685-1732);
Well then, poor G-- lies under ground!
So there's an end of honest Jack.
So little Justice here he found,
'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.




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