What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty … - Alexander Pope

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What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,...

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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Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true;
For envied wit, like Sol eclips'd, makes known
Th' opposing body's grossness, not its own.

He is the English Horace,

True politeness consists in the being easy one-self, and making every body about one as easy as we can.

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