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THE
Rape of the Lock.
CANTO I.
HAT dire Offence from am'rous Cauſes ſprings,What mighty Quarrels riſe from trivial Things,
I ſing——This Verſe to C---l, 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.
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