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

3544 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3544
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:But touch me, and no minister so sore;
Whoe’er offends at some unlucky time
Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme,
Sacred to ridicule his whole life long,
And the sad burden of some merry song.
ATTRIBUTION:Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Satire i. Book ii. Line 76.