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

Note 376 — RAPE OF THE LOCK.

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All the verses from hence to the end of this canto were added afterwards.—Pope.

And, as Mr. Croker observes, Pope, in adding them, did not perceive that he introduced an inconsistency. At ver. 14 Belinda is represented as waking, and at ver. 20 we have her still sleeping.

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