Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left…

Alexander Pope
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Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal darkness buries all. ✨ 'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 4, l. 653
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Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal darkness buries all. ✨ 'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 4, l. 653

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