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

Note 115 — WINDSOR FOREST.

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This couplet was a triplet in the manuscript with the following middle line:

What bard, what angel, tunes the warbling strings?

It is surprising that Pope did not feel the bathos of the expression, "'Tis yours, my lord," introduced into the midst of the high-flown adulation.

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