Quote #8
Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.
More from Alexander Pope
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- Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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- I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
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