Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot. — Alexander Pope

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.

Alexander Pope

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