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EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY AN INVITATION TO COURT: 2 by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY MAY TALK OF THE GODDESSES IN IDA VALES
Last Line: BUT YOU SHOW YOUR WIT, WHEREAS THEY SHOW'D THEIR TAILS.
Subject(s): WIT & HUMOR;
They may talk of the Goddesses in Ida Vales,
But you show your Wit, whereas they show'd their Tails.



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