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Date: w. 1737, published 1738
"Long, as to him who works for debt, the Day; / Long as the Night to her whose love's away; / Long as the Year's dull circle seems to run, / When the brisk Minor pants for twenty-one; / So slow th' unprofitable Moments roll, / That lock up all the Functions of my soul; / That keep me from Myself;...
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1743
"We hang one jingling padlock on the mind"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)