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

Note 91 — WINDSOR FOREST.

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No seas so rich, so full no streams appear.

The epithets "clear," "gentle," "full," which Pope applies to the Thames, show that he had in his mind the celebrated passage in Cooper's Hill:

Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.

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