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Page 154 - I will not ask where thou liest low Nor gaze upon the spot; There flowers or weeds at will may grow, So I behold them not: It is enough for me to prove That what I loved and long must love Like common earth can rot; To me there needs no stone to tell Tis nothing that I loved so well.
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Page 90 - Indian, who thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog will bear him company. But the sentiment is as right as the language (in spite of its familiarity we can still recognise the fact) is exquisite. Tolerance of all forms of faith, from that of the poor Indian upwards, is so characteristic of Pope as to have offended some modern critics who might have known better.
Page 232 - God; adversity only hardens him the more ; reason is perverted, passion has acquired the ascendant, the power of habit predominates : but the Lord God has provided an help meet for him.