If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind Or, ravished with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell damned to everlasting fame.
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But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college, or a cat; To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, T'enrich a bastard, or a son they hate.Alexander Pope
At ev'ry trifle scorn to take offense.
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There St John mingles with my friendly bowl; The feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
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The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease.
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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same at last.
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