I think l lines are hard to twist around with grgace -- cf. Shelley's
"I wield the flail of the lashing hail."
>I was wondering about that! "To" seemed altogether /too/ expletive.
>
>P.S. I suppose the "and from her eies did flash out fiery light" makes for
>another good "'I'-line," too. Are those considered particularly difficult
>in English, Susanne?
>
>> In the passage from Pope, a _do_ was typed as _to_; it should be "While
>> expletives their feeble aid do join".
>>
>> --Joe
>>
>>>These equal syllables alone require,
>>>Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire,
>>>While expletives their feeble aid to join,
>>>And ten low words oft creep in one dull line:
>>
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