For One Who Would Not Be Buried in Westminster Abbey. Epitaphs. Alexander Pope. 1903. Complete Poetical Works

Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903.

Epitaphs

For One Who Would Not Be Buried in Westminster Abbey


HEROES and KINGS! your distance keep;
In peace let one poor Poet sleep,
Who never flatter’d folks like you:
Let Horace blush, and Virgil too.