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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!
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O Love! for Sylvia let me gain the prize, And make my tongue victorious as her eyes.
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Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.
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Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.
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One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
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Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
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You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.
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In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes At every word a reputation dies.
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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.
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Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die?
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A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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