| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Epigrams and Epitaphs | From the Grub-Street Journal
II. Epigram (“Should D[enni]s print”) |
| | | SHOULD D[enni]s print, how once you robb’d your brother, | |
| Traduced your monarch, and debauch’d your mother; | |
| Say, what revenge on D[enni]s can be had; | |
| Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad? | |
| Of one so poor you cannot take the law; | 5 |
| On one so old your sword you scorn to draw. | |
| Uncaged then let the harmless monster rage, | |
| Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age. | | | | |
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