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Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: / The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
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The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
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And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.
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When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.
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