Thursday, January 1, 2004

Epistle To Dr. Arbuthnot Comments

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Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said,
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt,
All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out:
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OK mone 01 November 2018

What plz detail

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Sylva Portoian 16 February 2010

This is very famous poem for pope. I need expert analysis of this line 'Bear, like the turk, no brother near throne.' Did Pope meant that, the Turkish sultan's use to kill their other sons leaving only the elderly alive to stay on the throne!

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