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The dances ended, all the fairy train For pinks and daisies search'd the flow'ry plain.

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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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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Who dies in youth and vigour, dies the best.
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From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
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A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
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On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.
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Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
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