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Alexander Pope

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Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law,
Or some frail China jar receive a flaw,
Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,
Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade.
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Canto II, line 105.

 
Alexander Pope

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