| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Poems of Uncertain Date | | Lines Written in Windsor Forest |
| | | | Sent in an undated letter to Martha Blount |
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ALL hail, once pleasing, once inspiring shade, | |
| Scene of my youthful loves, and happier hours! | |
| Where the kind Muses met me as I stray’d, | |
| And gently press’d my hand, and said, ‘Be ours.’ | |
| Take all thou e’er shalt have, a constant Muse: | 5 |
| At Court thou mayst be liked, but nothing gain: | |
| Stocks thou mayst buy and sell, but always lose; | |
| And love the brightest eyes, but love in vain. | | | |
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