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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 213 — AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

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Like some fair flow'r that in the spring does rise.—Pope.

This line was an example both of the "feeble expletive" and of the "ten low words." "Supplies" in the amended version is, as Wakefield observes, a poor expression.

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