"Let such, such only tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country and be poor."
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Inscription on the entrance to his grotto in Twickenham, published in "Verses on a Grotto by the River Thames at Twickenham, composed of Marbles, Spars and Minerals", line 14, (written 1740, published 1741); also quoted as "Who dared to love their country, and be poor."
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Alexander Pope
1688 – 1744
englischer Dichter und Übersetzer
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