In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore,
And cite those Sapho's we admire no more:
Fate doom'd the Fall of ev'ry Female Wit,
But doom'd it then when first Ardelia writ.
Of all Examples by the World confest,
I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;
Who, like her Mistress on Britannia's Throne;
Fights, and subdues in Quarrels not her own.
To write their Praise you but in vain essay;
Ev'n while you write, you take that Praise away:
Light to the Stars the Sun does thus restore,
But shines himself till they are seen no more.
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The rhyme and meter of this piece, reminds me of another piece attributed to another writer, tho, it has been found out or known that that poet didn't write it. But, this sounds a lot like that one, in dialect/vernacular/speech whatever. They just sound alike. It could be nothing, but, still...
This is a 'witty' piece I Feel. And I feel it feels it, too.
A good piece that Pope has written here, tho I don't care too much for his shorter pieces, this is well writ.
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