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— Amy Lowell

That, bearing in our frailty her just

part,

She hath not shrunk from evils of this

ife,

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Epitaph. on Sir Godfrey Kneller, in Westminster Abbey, 1723.

8 lines
Alexander Pope·1688–1744
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neller, by Heaven, and not a master, taught,Whose art was Nature, and whose pictures Thought;Now for two ages having snatch'd from FateWhate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great,Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays,Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvieHer works; and, dying, fears herself may die.
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