Note 124 — THE TEMPLE OF FAME.
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Of werres, of peace, of marriages, Of rest, of labour, of voyages, Of abode, of dethe, of life, Of love and hate, accord and strife, Of loss, of lore, and of winnings, Of hele, of sickness, and lessings, Of divers transmutations Of estates and eke of regions, Of trust, of drede, of jealousy, Of wit, of winning, of folly, Of good, or bad governement, Of fire, and of divers accident.—Pope.
The dismissal of Lord Oxford, the death of Queen Anne immediately afterwards, on August 1, 1714, and the overthrow of Bolingbroke, were events which had recently happened when Pope published his poem, and there never was a time when "changes in the state," "the falls of favourites," and "old mismanagements" were a more universal topic of conversation.