W llamullon Radel! F Bartolozzi R:t fculp! The Graces stand in sight: a Iavyr tonin Prepis cer their head, and taughs behind the scene Parnell Publiphd 14 Nov. 1798. F 1 Du Roveray. London. RAPE OF THE LOCK, AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM, BY A. POPE. ADORNED WITH PLATES. LONDON: Printed by C. Bensler; FOR F. J. DU ROVERAY, GREAT ST. HELENS; ADVERTISEMENT. The Rape of the Lock was first published in the year 1711, and was written in less than a fortnight. It was occasioned by a frolic, carried rather beyond the bounds of good breed ing, in which Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's hair: the poem was un dertaken at the request of Mr. Caryl, in order to reconcile the two families, this frolic having occasioned a serious rupture between them. It was received with such universal ap plause as to induce Pope to extend it the fol |