Ah! why so rare does cruel Love inspire Two tender bosoms w… - John Hoole

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Ah! why so rare does cruel Love inspire
Two tender bosoms with a mutual fire?
Say, whence, perfidious, dost thou pleasure find
To sow dissension in the human mind?

John Hoole

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John Hoole (2 December 1727 – 2 August 1803) was an English translator.

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Ludovico Ariosto John Dryden Alexander Pope Lord Byron George Granville

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Ah! why so rare does cruel Love inspire Two tender bosoms with a mutual fire? Say, whence, perfidious, dost thou pleasure find To sow dissension in t… - John Hoole

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