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Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Mankind is unamendable.
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield Learn from the beasts the physic of the field The arts of building from the bee receive Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.
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Dulness! whose good old cause I yet defend, With whom my muse began, with who shall end.
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Virtue alone is happiness below.
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And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
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On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.
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Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!
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The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712) -Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Stanza 1.
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But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
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While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.
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Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
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Who are next to knaves? Those that converse with them.
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Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty!
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For forms of government let fools contest Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
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The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
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Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
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