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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Alexander Pope
Names, Church, Fame
Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1797). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems”, p.261

As some to Church repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there.

Alexander Pope
Music, Church, Doctrine
'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 342

As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line.

Alexander Pope
Music, Church, Dull
'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 347

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