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

Note 39 — SAPPHO TO PHAON.[1]

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Oh, when shall kinder, more auspicious gales, Waft to these eyes thy long-expected sails.

"Pleonasm," says a note on the manuscript. "Kinder, and more auspicious, too much."

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