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ON A LADY WHO P-SSED AT THE TRAGEDY OF CATO by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHILE MAUDLIN WHIGS DEPLORED THEIR CATO'S FATE
Last Line: FOR THAT ROAD LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE HEART.
Subject(s): CATO THE YOUNGER (95-46 B.C.); GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;
OCCASION'D BY AN EPIGRAM ON A LADY
WHO WEPT AT IT

While maudlin Whigs deplor'd their Cato's Fate,
Still with dry Eyes the Tory Celia sate,
But while her Pride forbids her Tears to flow,
The gushing Waters find a Vent below:
Tho' secret, yet with copious Grief she mourns,
Like twenty River-Gods with all their Urns.
Let others screw their Hypocritick Face,
She shews her Grief in a sincerer Place;
There Nature reigns, and Passion void of Art,
For that Road leads directly to the Heart.



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