The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear... The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last ... - Page 14 by Alexander Pope - 1760 Full view -
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