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And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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