Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Alexander Pope
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
An Essay on Criticism · 1711
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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, l. 335.
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Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 335.
