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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3386 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o’er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. See Milton, Quotation 4. There is no theme more plentiful to scan Than is the glorious goodly frame of man. Du Bartas: Days and Weeks, third day. [back] |
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