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OCCASIONED BY SOME VERSES OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: MUSE, 'TIS ENOUGH: AT LENGTH THY LABOUR ENDS
Last Line: AND I AND MALICE FROM THIS HOUR ARE FRIENDS.
Subject(s): SHEFFIELD, JOHN (1648-1721); BUCKINGHAM & NORMANDY, 1ST DUKE OF; MULGRAVE, 3D EARL OF;
Muse, 'tis enough: at length thy labour ends,
And thou shalt live; for Buckingham commends.
Let crowds of criticks now my verse assail,
Let Dennis write, and nameless numbers rail:
This more than pays whole years of thankless pain;
Time, health, and fortune, are not lost in vain.
Sheffield approves, consenting Phoebus bends,
And I and Malice from this hour are friends.



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