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

Note 125 — WINDSOR FOREST.

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Denham's Cooper's Hill:

——Great Edward, and thy greater son, The lilies which his father wore, he won.

Edward III. claimed the crown of France by descent, and quartered the French fleur-de-lis on his shield before the victories of the Black Prince had made the assumption something more than an empty boast.

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