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I know a thing that's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent and attend!)I know a reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend.
Not warp'd by Passion, awed by Rumour; Not grave through Pride, nor gay through Folly,
An equal Mixture of good Humour And sensible soft Melancholy."Has she no faults then (Envy says),
Sir?" Yes, she has one,
I must aver;
When all the World conspires to praise her, The Woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Certain Lady:
Mrs.
Howard
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth centu
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