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Eloisa to Abelard

Alexander Pope · 1717

Original text in English.

A cloistered nun says what the rule has failed to extinguish in her.

Poetry · about 3 000 words · about 13 min of reading

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Alexander Pope († 1744): public-domain work. The text is that of Representative Poetry Online (Alexander Pope, Works (London: W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1717). E-10 884 and E-10 885 and E-10 3947 and E-10 3938 Fisher Rare Book Library (Toronto).). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

Note on the edition (in French): Poème seul : les notes, numéros de vers et fiches des éditeurs de Representative Poetry Online, protégés, ne sont pas repris.

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