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At last incapable of further harm,
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.

— J. C. Squire

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The better production of our generation has been mainly lyrical and it has been widely diffused.

And I've swallowed, I grant, a beer of lot -
But I'm not so think as you drunk I am.

Ballade of Soporific Absorption (1931)

It did not last: the devil, shouting "Ho.
Let Einstein be," restored the status quo.

It did not last: the Devil howling 'Ho!
Let Einstein be!' restored the status quo.

In continuation of Pope on Newton (1926)

God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
"Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!"
God this, God that, and God the other thing –
"Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!"

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