I think it was a generous thought, and one that fowd from an exalted m — Alexander Pope

"Nature and Natures laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light."

"The stoic husband was the glorious thing. The man had courage, was a sage, tis true, And lovd his country."

"Well, if our author in the wife offends He has a husband that will make amends; He draws him gentle, tender, and forgiving, And sure such kind good creatures may be living."

"Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more Ill tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!"

"I find myself just in the same situation of mind you describe as your own, heartily wishing the good, that is the quiet of my country, and hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few."

"Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie."