Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counse…

Alexander Pope
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Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea. ✨ 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 3, l. 7
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Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea. ✨ 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 3, l. 7

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