Alexander Pope: Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, (A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear.)

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, (A sigh the absent claims, the dead — Alexander Pope

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, (A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear.)

Alexander Pope

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