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THE

RAPE of the LOCK.

CANTO I.

hat dire Offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing———This verse to C———, Muse! is due:
This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise,
If She inspire, and He approve my lays.

Say