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

Note 32 — SUMMER:

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Imitated from Virg. Ecl. vii. 24:

Hic arguta sacra pendebit fistula pinu.—Wakefield.

Dryden's translation:

The praise of artful numbers I resign, And hang my harp upon the sacred pine.

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