Alexander Pope: Oh happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er thy name; That something still which prom

Oh happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er t — Alexander Pope

Oh happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.

Alexander Pope

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