Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts…

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Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies. ✨ Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1822). The poems of Alexander Pope, p.108
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. ✨ Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). Poetical Works, p.15
Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod. ✨ Alexander Pope (1778). The works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In four volumes complete. With his last corrections … ▶
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. ✨ Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Po … ▶
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. ✨ Alexander Pope (1824). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations, p.35
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 2 (1733) l. 275

Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies. ✨ Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1822). The poems of Alexander Pope, p.108

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