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Death, only death, can break the lasting chain And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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For forms of government let fools contest Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
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Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.
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Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
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To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!
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Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield Learn from the beasts the physic of the field The arts of building from the bee receive Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.
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See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly!
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No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.
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