Last night, her Lord was all that's good and great;
A Knave this morning, and his Will a Cheat.
(Epistle II: To A Lady (of The Characters Of Women))
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Laugh where we must, be candid where we can But vindicate the ways of God to man.Alexander Pope
Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
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Respecting man, whatever wrong we call,
May, must be right, as relative to all.
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Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
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Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart a rake Men, some to quiet, some to public strife But every lady would be queen for life.
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Yet then, to those dread altars as I drew,
Not on the Cross my eyes were fix'd, but you:
Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call,
And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.
Alexander Pope
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