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POPE'S WILLOW.
VERSES
Written for an Urn, made out of the Trunk of the Weeping Willow, imported from the East, and planted by Pope in his Grounds at Twickenham, where it flourished many years; but, falling into decay, it was lately cut down.
Ere 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.
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.