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No craving void left aching in the soul.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
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From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
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Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's blessed.
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In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
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Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die?
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Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.
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