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Alexander Pope was born in London in 1688.
He was a poet, satirist, and translator.
He is best known for his poems "The Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad."
He also translated the works of Homer.
Pope was a lifelong sufferer of ill health.
He died in 1744 at the age of 56.
He is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language.
His work continues to be read and admired today.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,and drinking largely sobers us again.

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.