To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the gen… - Alexander Pope

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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.

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Alternative Names: Pope the Poet • Alexander I Pope • Alexander, I Pope

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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to mend the heart

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John Dryden William Cowper Lord Byron John Milton William Shakespeare

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Remembrance and reflection how allied!
What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!

To me what Nature has in charms denied,
Is well by Wit’s more lasting flames supplied.

Trust not yourself; but your defects to know,
Make use of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe.

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