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Home  »  Complete Poetical Works by Alexander Pope  »  From the Grub-Street Journal. VIII. Epigram (“Great G[eorge]”)

Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903.

Epigrams and Epitaphs

From the Grub-Street Journal. VIII. Epigram (“Great G[eorge]”)

  • The sting of this epigram was for Cibber, then Poet Laureate.


  • GREAT G[eorge] such servants since thou well canst lack,

    Oh! save the salary, and drink the sack.