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

Note 460 — RAPE OF THE LOCK. (continued 2)

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Spleen was thought to be engendered by the east wind. Cowper, in the Task, Bk. iv. ver. 363, speaks of

the unhealthful east That breathes the spleen.

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