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Alexander Pope (1688–1744).  Complete Poetical Works.  1903.
 
Epigrams and Epitaphs
From the Grub-Street Journal
V. Epigram (“A gold watch found”)
 
A GOLD watch found on cinder whore,
Or a good verse on J[emm]y M[oor]e,
Proves but what either should conceal,
Not that they ’re rich, but that they steal.
 
 
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