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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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"Letter"
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"Prose"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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Gender of Author:
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Author name:
"Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)"
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Religion of Author:
"Roman Catholic"
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Date: 1737
""Alas, my soul! thou pleasing companion of this body, thou fleeting thing that art now deserting it! whither art thou flying? to what unknown scene? all trembling, fearful, and pensive! what now is become of thy former wit and humour? thou shalt jest and be gay no more."
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