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IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 6. OF HER SIGHING by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: WHEN LOVE WOULD STRIKE TH' OFFENDING FAIR
Last Line: TH' ARABIAN COAST, AND WAFT US ON OUR WAY.
Subject(s): WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687);

When love would strike th' offending fair,
This incense bribes the god to spare;
And Cytheroea now does prize
No sweets but Serenissa's sighs.
The yielding nymph by these confest,
Encourag'd lovers seek her breast:
So spicy gales at once betray
Th' Arabian coast, and waft us on our way.



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