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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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TO LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE.

30 lines
Alexander Pope·1688–1744
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In beauty or wit,No mortal as yetTo question your empire has dared;But men of discerningHave thought that in learningTo yield to a lady was hard. 2 Impertinent schools,With musty dull rules,Have reading to females denied:So Papists refuseThe Bible to use,Lest flocks should be wise as their guide. 3 'Twas a woman at first(Indeed she was cursed)In knowledge that tasted delight,And sages agreeThe laws should decreeTo the first possessor the right. 4 Then bravely, fair dame,Resume the old claim,Which to your whole sex does belong;And let men receive,From a second bright Eve,The knowledge of right and of wrong. 5 But if the first EveHard doom did receive,When only one apple had she,What a punishment newShall be found out for you,Who, tasting, have robb'd the whole tree!
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