Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake,
And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake.


Canto I, line 15. - The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)

Alexander Pope Quotes

Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake.

Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake.

Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake.

Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake.