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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
Literary Historian
Poet
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Awake
Myriads
Rise
Chambers
Thoughts
Countless
Memories
Chamber
Brain
Chain
Many
Linked
Hidden
Chains
Lulled

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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart
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