Let us (since life can little more supply, than just to loo… - Alexander Pope

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Let us (since life can little more supply, than just to look about us, and to die)
Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man;
A mighty maze! but not without a plan;

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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In ev'ry work regard the writer's end,
Since none can compass more than they intend;
And if the means be just, the conduct true,
Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

"But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." / What then? Is the reward of virtue bread?

"Oh let me live my own! and die so too!
("To live and die is all I have to do:")
Maintain a poet's dignity and ease,
And see what friends, and read what books I please."

Let us (since life can little more supply, than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not … - Alexander Pope

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