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Order is Heaven's first law and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.
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So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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