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Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
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