If I am right, Thy grace import Still in the right to stay;… - Alexander Pope

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If I am right, Thy grace import Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way!

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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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labour of the bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!

If I am right, Thy grace import Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way! - Alexander Pope

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