Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. - Alexander Pope
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Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.
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Alexander Pope
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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Pope the Poet
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Alexander I Pope
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Alexander, I Pope
Guideless I wander, unregarded mourn, 105 Whilst these exalt their sceptres o’er my urn;
So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown. Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal, 'This but a part we see, and not a whole.
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