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On An Old Gate. Erected In Chiswick Gardens.

By Alexander Pope

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O gate, how cam'st thou here?     Gate. I was brought from Chelsea last year,     Batter'd with wind and weather.     Inigo Jones put me together;     Sir Hans Sloane     Let me alone:     Burlington brought me hither.

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Alexander Pope

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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