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

Note 36 — THE WIFE OF BATH.

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This line was followed by a poor couplet, which Pope afterwards omitted:

How Sampson's heart false Delilah did move, His strength, his sight, his life were lost for love. Then how Aleides died whom Dejanire, &c.

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