Canto 1.
Lud Du Guernier inv. C. Du Bosc sculp.
THE
RAPE of the LOCK.
CANTO I.
WHAT dire Offence from am’rous Causes springs,
What mighty Quarrels rise from trivial Things,
I sing—This Verse to C—l, Muse! is due;
This, ev’n Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Slight is the Subject, but not so the Praise,
If She inspire, and He approve my Lays.
B
Say