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Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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On cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.
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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
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In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.
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Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
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