The Rape of the Lock

Alexander Pope

16 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

The Rape of the Lock

An heroi-comical poem

Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; Sed juvat, hoc precibus me tribuisse tuis. Mart, [Epigr, XII. 84.]

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The words
The author's text, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license, in 3 places
  • The printed line-number ruler at the foot of a stretch of verse (the verse carries no numbers of its own) (23 blocks)
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • The source website's menus, layout and notices
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places