[
  {
    "title": "To Mr John Moore, Author of the Celebrated Worm-Powder",
    "author": "Alexander Pope",
    "lines": [
      "   How much, egregious Moore, are we",
      "     Deceived by shows and forms!",
      "   Whate'er we think, whate'er we see,",
      "     All humankind are worms.",
      "",
      "   Man is a very worm by birth,",
      "     Vile reptile, weak and vain!",
      "   A while he crawls upon the earth,",
      "     Then shrinks to earth again.",
      "",
      "   That woman is a worm, we find",
      "     E'er since our grandame's evil;",
      "   She first conversed with her own kind,",
      "     That ancient worm, the Devil.",
      "",
      "   The learn'd themselves we book-worms name,",
      "     The blockhead is a slow-worm;",
      "   The nymph whose tail is all on flame,",
      "     Is aptly term'd a glow-worm:",
      "",
      "   The fops are painted butterflies,",
      "     That flutter for a day;",
      "   First from a worm they take their rise,",
      "     And in a worm decay.",
      "",
      "   The flatterer an earwig grows;",
      "     Thus worms suit all conditions;",
      "   Misers are muck-worms, silk-worms beaux.",
      "     And death-watches, physicians.",
      "",
      "   That statesmen have the worm, is seen",
      "     By all their winding play;",
      "   Their conscience is a worm within,",
      "     That gnaws them night and day.",
      "",
      "   Ah, Moore! thy skill were well employ'd,",
      "     And greater gain would rise,",
      "   If thou couldst make the courtier void",
      "     The worm that never dies!",
      "",
      "   O learnèd friend of Abchurch Lane,",
      "     Who sett'st our entrails free!",
      "   Vain is thy art, thy powder vain,",
      "     Since worms shall eat even thee.",
      "",
      "   Our fate thou only canst adjourn",
      "     Some few short years--no more;",
      "   Even Button's Wits to worms shall turn,",
      "     Who maggots were before."
    ],
    "linecount": "40"
  }
]