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Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.
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Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.
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