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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44926 |
| QUOTATION: | A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. II). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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