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Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his… — Alexander Pope

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Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground.

Alexander Pope
1700
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1700Age of Enlightenment
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Alexander Pope
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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." Essay on Man & Other Poems. Dover, 1994.
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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." 1700?

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