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The Spleen

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Prior. 25

Gréen. 49

The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society Goldsmith. 74

The Deserted Village

Goldsmith. 88

The Hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland Ballad

Cooper's Hill

Percy. 101

Denham. 134

ELEGANT EXTRACTS,

FROM THE

MOST EMINENT POETS.

BOOK XI.

CONSISTING OF LARGER POEMS.

THE RAPE OF THE LOCK.

CANTO I.

WHAT dire offence from amorous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing This verse to Caryl, Muse! is due:
This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise,
If she inspire, and he approve my lays.

Say, what strange motive, goddess! could compe.
A well-bred lord t' assault a gentle belle?
O say what stranger cause, yet unexplor'd,
Could make a gentle belle reject a lord?
In tasks so bold can little men engage,
And in soft bosoms dwells such mighty rage?
Sol through white curtains shot a timorous ray,
And op'd those eyes that must eclipse the day.

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