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Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel,
Newmarket's glory rose, as Britain's fell;
The soldier the gallantries of France,
And every flowery courtier wrote romance.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel,
Newmarket's glory rose, as Britain's fell;
The soldier the gallantries of France,
And every flowery courtier wrote romance.
Pope - Essay on Man