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Books and the man I sing, the first who brings
The Smithfield Muses to the ears of Kings.
It seemed quite unnatural to the “polite world” of the time
that decision-making and kingly rule should be accessible to
popular authors. We no longer consider it odd or revolting to be
ruled by people for whom the book of the month might appear
quite respectable fare. Smithfield, where Bartholomew Fair was
kept, was still a place for book-peddling. But in later editions
Pope changed the opening:
The mighty Mother, and her Son, who brings
The Smithfield Muses to the ear of Kings.
He has encountered the public, the collective unconscious, and
dubbed it “the mighty Mother,” in accordance with the