To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to…

Alexander Pope
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each Seene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage. ✨ 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each Seene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage. ✨ 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1

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