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

Note 80 — WINDSOR FOREST.

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Ut fugere accipitrem penna trepidante columbæ, Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas. Ovid, Met. lib. v.—Warburton.

Sandys' translation:

As trembling doves the eager hawks eschew; As eager hawks the trembling dovers pursue.

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