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But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand - the name appears Already written - wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes.
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Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
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Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.
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Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
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But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.
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In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
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Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.
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A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.
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Wit and judgment often are at strife.
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And make each day a critic on the last.
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If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!
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Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.
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