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

Note 5 — SUMMER:

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"An inaccurate word," says Warton, "instead of Thames;" and rendered confusing by the fact that there is a real river Thame, which is a tributary of the Thames. Milton has used the same licence, and speaks of the "royal towered Thame" in his lines on the English rivers.

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