...nymph ! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as...fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. 150 * Partridge was an almanac-maker, — the Francis Mobre of his day. He predicted the downfall of...

...closing lines of Pope's Rape of the Lock: " Not all the tresses that fair head can boast Shall raise such envy as the lock you lost ; For, after all the...die ; When those fair suns shall set, as set they most, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust, — This lock the muse shall consecrate to fame,...

...When, after millions slain, yourself shall die ; When those fair suns shall set, as set they mast, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust, — This...fame, And midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name." Not Belinda's name is inscribed amidst the stars, but the name of Belinda's poet, Alexander Pope. Homer,...

...mourn thy ravisli'd Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair heads can boast, Shall draw such envy as the Lock you lost....Belinda's name. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADT. WHAT beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ?...

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...thy ravished hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair heads can boast Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost....fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. JOHN GAY. John Gay was born in 1688. It does not appear that he had the advantage of a classical education....

...hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, 189 Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost. For after...must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust, 190 This lock the muse shall consecrate to fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. ELEGY...

...ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair head oan boast, Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost....fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. 150 1 ' Partridge : ' see Pope's and Swift's Miscellanies. WINDSOR-FOREST.1 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE...

...th' egregious wisard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. 780 Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as...you lost : For after all the murders of your eye, 785 When, after millions slain, your self shall die; When those fair sunS shall set, as set they must,...