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Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.
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Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, their beauty withered, and their verdure lost!
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd
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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild In Wit a man Simplicity, a child.
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But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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