The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 17/Epigram from the French

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 17
 (c. 1710–1730)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
Epigram from the French
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This work was probably written by Alexander Pope. See The Works of Alexander Pope (1995). Wordsworth Edition Ltd. p. 391.

1676954The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 17
— Epigram from the Frenchc. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift
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EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH.

SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule,
That ev'ry poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.


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