Explain following line in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". "This to disclose is all thy Gurdian can"Answer will be divided into three parts 1.Where...

The following line appears in Canto One of Pope's poem
"The Rape of the Lock":

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This to disclose is all thy Guardian
can.

The line is 113 and lies
as the second to last line in stanza 10. Canto One is the first canto of five from the
poem.

In Canto One, Pope introduces the Beautiful Belinda.
The Sun (a muse in the poem) has been evoked so as to provide the beginning of the day
(which the sun historically symbolizes). The people of the household, therefore, are
described as going about their typical morning
routine.

Readers learn of Belinda and her realtionship with
the Sylphs- they are her protectors- through a description of her dreams. Her main
protector, Ariel, tells her in her dream that the day will bring about "some dread
Event". After awaking from her dream, and the warning, Belinda proceeds to ready herself
for the day.

The line in question comes during Ariel's
warning to Belinda in her dream. After introducing himself as her protector, Ariel
states the following:

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E're to the Main this Morning Sun
descend.
But Heav'n reveals not what, or how, or where:
Warn'd by
thy Sylph, oh Pious Maid beware!
This to disclose is all
thy Guardian can.
Beware of all, but most beware of
Man!

Therefore, the line's
meaning falls in the fact that Ariel is warning Belinda about his knowledge that
something bad is going to happen. Although he does not know exactly what, "But Heav'n
reveals not what, or how, or where", Ariel knows that he must tell her everything that
he does know so as to warn her, "This to disclose is all thy Guardian
can."

The direct meaning of the line is Ariel telling
Belinda that, at this point, all he can do is tell her about the threat of danger- given
the threat is all he knows of.