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In Imitation Of E. Of Dorset : Artemisia

By Alexander Pope

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Tho' Artemisia talks, by fits, Of councils, classics, fathers, wits; Reads Malbranche, Boyle, and Locke; Yet in some things methinks she fails, 'Twere well if she would pare her nails, And wear a cleaner smock. Haughty and huge as High-Dutch bride, Such nastiness, and so much pride Are oddly join'd by fate: On her large squab you find her spread, Like a fat corpse upon a bed, That lies and stinks in state. She wears no colours (sign of grace) On any part except her face; All white and black beside: Dauntless her look, her gesture proud, Her voice theatrically loud, And masculine her stride. So have I seen, in black and white A prating thing, a Magpye hight, Majestically stalk; A stately, worthless animal, That plies the tongue, and wags the tail, All flutter, pride, and talk.

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About Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was an English poet and the master of the heroic couplet. His works include "The Rape of the Lock," "An Essay on Man," and brilliant translations of Homer. He was the dominant poet of the Augustan age and a master of satirical verse.

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