Come fill the South Sea goblet full;
The Gods shall of our stock take care:
Europa pleased accepts the bull,
And Jove with joy puts off the bear.
Alexander Pope, inscription on a punch bowl, 1720
(the year of the South Sea Bubble)
The Gods shall of our stock take care:
Europa pleased accepts the bull,
And Jove with joy puts off the bear.
Alexander Pope, inscription on a punch bowl, 1720
(the year of the South Sea Bubble)
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