| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Epigrams and Epitaphs | From the Grub-Street Journal
IV. Epigram on Mr. M[oo]re’s Going to Law with Mr. Giliver |
| | Inscribed to Attorney Tibbald
ONCE in his life M[oo]re judges right: | |
| His sword and pen not worth a straw, | |
| An author that could never write, | |
| A gentleman that dares not fight, | |
| Has but one way to tease—by law. | 5 |
| This suit, dear Tibbald, kindly hatch; | |
| Thus thou may’st help the sneaking elf; | |
| And sure a printer is his match, | |
| Who ’s but a publisher himself. | | | | |
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