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THE THREE GENTLE SHEPHERDS by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OF GENTLE PHILIPS WILL I EVER SING
Last Line: AND FROM ALL WITS THAT HAVE A KNACK GAD SAVE YE.
Subject(s): BUDGELL, EUSTACE (1686-1737); CAREY, WALTER (1686-1757); PHILIPS, AMBROSE (1674-1749);
Of gentle Philips will I ever sing,
With gentle Philips shall the Vallies ring.
My Numbers too for ever will I vary,
With gentle Budgell, and with gentle Carey.
Or if in ranging of the Names I judge ill,
With gentle Carey and with gentle Budgell.
Oh! may all gentle Bards together place ye,
Men of good Hearts, and Men of Delicacy.
May Satire ne'er befool ye, or beknave ye,
And from all Wits that have a Knack Gad save ye.



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