Alexander Pope, Ode to Solitude:
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die,
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
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Alexander Pope, Ode to Solitude:
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die,
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), Desde la Torre (translated as From the Tower by Elwin Wirkala): Retired to these deserts and at ...