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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1, Poetry - Volume 1

Note 32 — SAPPHO TO PHAON.[1]

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Aleæus arrived at the promontory of Leucate that very evening, in order to take the leap on her account; but hearing that her body could not be found, he very generously lamented her fall, and is said to have written his 215th ode on that occasion.—Warton.

The entire story was probably a legend.

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