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Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall And universal darkness buries all.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
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The race by vigour, not by vaunts, is won.
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