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Pope: Epigrams
EPIGRAM
ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG
GIVEN TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, FREDERICK,
PRINCE OF WALES
I am his Highness' dog at Kcw;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
ALEXANDER POPE
ON CERTAIN LADIES
When other fair ones to the shades go down,
Still Chloc, Flavia, Delia, stay in town:
Those ghosts of beauty wandering here reside,
And haunt the places where their honour died.
ALEXANDER POPE
ON THE NEW LAUREATE
In merry old England, it once was a rule,
The king had his poet, as well as his fool;
And now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it,
That Cibber may serve both for fool and for poet.
ANON
ON SIR JOHN VANBRUGH, ARCHITECT
Under this stone, reader, survey
Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay.
Lie heavy on him, earth! for he
Laid many heavy loads on thee.
ABEL EVANS
TADLOW
When Tadlow walks the streets the paviours cry,
'God bless you, sir!' and lay their rammers by.
ABEL EVANS
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