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THE CRITICAL SPECIMEN: 2. A RHAPSODY by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: FLY PEGASAEAN STEED, THY RIDER BEAR
Last Line: AND TO ITS ANCIENT MIRTH THE COMIC SOCK RETURN.
Fly Pegasaean Steed, thy Rider bear,
To breath the Sweets of pure Parnassian Air,
Aloft I'm swiftly born, methinks I rise,
And with my Head Sublime can reach the Sky.
Large Gulps of Aganippe's streams I'll draw,
And give to Modern Writers Classic Law;
In Grecian Buskins Tragedy shall Mourn,
And to its Ancient Mirth the Comic Sock return.



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