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"Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair."

— The Rape of the Lock

January 1, 1970

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Poetry Works by Alexander Pope

Original Language: English

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Canto II, line 27. Compare: "No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Section 2, Membrane 1, Subsection 2.

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Canto II, line 27. Compare: "No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Section 2, Membrane 1, Subsection 2.