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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!
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Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
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Chaos of thought and passion, all confused Still by himself abused or disabused Created half to rise, and half to fall Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
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Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.
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To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
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The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
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