Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickle…

Alexander Pope
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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 2 (1733) l. 275
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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 2 (1733) l. 275

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