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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.
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Our grandsire, Adam, ere of Eve possesst, Alone, and e'en in Paradise unblest, With mournful looks the blissful scenes survey'd, And wander'd in the solitary shade. The Maker say, took pity, and bestow'd Woman, the last, the best reserv'd of God.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.
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I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
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A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
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That each from other differs, first confess next that he varies from himself no less.
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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
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The meeting points the sacred hair dissever From the fair head, forever, and forever! Then flashed the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.
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Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
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But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
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Fear not the anger of the wise to raise Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
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Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.
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