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If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue.

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury.
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The head has the most beautiful appearance, as well as the highest station, in a human figure.
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A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die.
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