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Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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And empty heads console with empty sound.
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Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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