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They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake. — Alexander Pope

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They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake.

Alexander Pope
1704
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Courtship and datingMarriage
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Poem
Time
1704Age of Enlightenment
Person
Alexander Pope
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Current citation
Pope, Alexander. "The Wife from Bath from Chaucer." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Original citation
Pope, Alexander. "The Wife of Bath, Her Prologue. From Chaucer." c. 1704?

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