Act II, sc. iii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
“What dire offence from amorous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things!”
Canto I, line 1.
Source: The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
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