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Quotes from Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady — Alexander Pope

1688–1744 England

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A heap of dust remains of thee;
'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!

Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady (1717)

By foreign hands thy dying eyes were clos'd,
By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd,
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd,
By strangers honour'd, and by strangers mourn'd.

Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady (1717)

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