Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell,
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel:
And who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause.
(An Essay On Man In Four Epistles: Epistle 1)
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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.Alexander Pope
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Lo thy dread empire, Chaos is restor'd Light dies before thy uncreating word Thy hand, great Anarch lets the curtain fall And universal darkness buries all.
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And die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Jove, thou regent of the skies.
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We think our Fathers Fools, so wise we grow;
Our wiser Sons, no doubt, will think us so.
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