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Date: 1733-4
"Reason itself but gives it edge and pow'r; / As Heaven's blest beam turns vinegar more sowr"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1743
"Still spread a healing mist before the mind; / And lest we err by Wit's wild dancing light, / Secure us kindly in our native night."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)