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In death a hero, as in life a friend!

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.
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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon.
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Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.
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And empty heads console with empty sound.
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Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.
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See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Whatever is, is right.
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Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.
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Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!
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Hope humbly then with trembling pinions soar Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore What future bliss He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.
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