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Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and… — Alexander Pope

Poem

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Alexander Pope
1700
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AnonymitySolitudeObscurity
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Poem
Time
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.
Original citation
Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." 1700?

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