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O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
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Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
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Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.
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Chaos of thought and passion, all confused Still by himself abused or disabused Created half to rise, and half to fall Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
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