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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3456
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Atossa, cursed with every granted prayer,
Childless with all her children, wants an heir;
To heirs unknown descends the unguarded store,
Or wanders heaven-directed to the poor.
ATTRIBUTION:Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 147.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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