The Works of Alexander Pope (1717)/Occasion'd by some Verses of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

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The Works of Alexander Pope (1717)
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Occasion'd by some Verses of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

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This is the first time this particular work appeared in print. [Based on Alexander Pope: A Bibliography Volume 1, Part 1 (1922), by Reginald Harvey Griffith, p. 66.]

4342442The Works of Alexander Pope (1717) — Occasion'd by some Verses of his Grace the Duke of BuckinghamAlexander Pope

Occasion'd by some Verses of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham.

MUSE, 'tis enough: at length thy labour ends,
And thou shalt live; for Buckingham commends.
Let crowds of criticks now my verse assail,
Let D———s write, and nameless numbers rail:
This more than pays whole years of thankless pain;
Time, health, and fortune, are not lost in vain.
Sheffield approves, consenting Phœbus bends,
And I and Malice from this hour are friends.