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To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Order is Heaven's first law and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.
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But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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