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Time conquers all, and we must time obey.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.
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Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.
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Ladies, like variegated tulips, show 'Tis to their changes half their charms we owe.
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On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.
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The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
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