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��POPE'S WILLOW.

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��Written for an Urn, made out of the Trunk of the Weep- ing Willow, imported from the East, and planted by Pope in his Grounds at Twickenham, where it flourish- ed many years ; but, falling into decay, it was lately cut down.

��x!iRE Pope resign'd his tuneful breath. And made the turf his pillow,

The Minstrel hung his harp in death Upon the drooping Willow ;

That Willow from Euphrates' strand,

Had sprung beneath his training hand.

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