"Silence, ye wolves! while Ralph to Cynthia howls, And makes night hideous; —answer him, ye owls!"
— The Dunciad

January 1, 1970

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PoetryWorks by Alexander PopeSatire in fiction
Original Language: English

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Book III, line 165. Compare: "Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature", William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act i, Scene 4.