Alexander Pope: Ah, friend! to dazzle let the vain design; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine.

Ah, friend! to dazzle let the vain design; To raise the thought and touch the he — Alexander Pope

Ah, friend! to dazzle let the vain design; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine.

Alexander Pope

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