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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
Translator
the City
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Alexander I Pope
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Awake
Myriads
Rise
Chambers
Thoughts
Countless
Memories
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Brain
Chain
Many
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