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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3522 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3522
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Is there a parson much bemused in beer,
A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer,
A clerk foredoom’d his father’s soul to cross,
Who pens a stanza when he should engross?
ATTRIBUTION:Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 15.