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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08, Volume II

Note 157 — POPE. (continued 3)

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The thought was, probably, borrowed from Carew’s Obsequies to the lady Anne Hay: I heard the virgins sigh, I saw the sleek And polish’d courtier channel his fresh cheek With real tears.

J.B.

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