Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its Ruins spread,
Shakes off the Dust, and rears his rev'rend Head!
(An Essay On Criticism)
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.Alexander Pope
Health consists with temperance alone.
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Ask you what provocation I have had The strong antipathy of good to bad.
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Ah, too forgetful of thy wife and son!
Alexander Pope
Mean tho' I am, not wholly so,
Since quicken'd by thy breath;
O lead me whereso'er I go,
Thro' this day's life or death!
Alexander Pope
PLeas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind, And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
Alexander Pope
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