Pope Sylvester II

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    ‘Tis education forms the common mind,
    Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
    And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
    Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,
    Ascend to heaven in honour of my love.
    —Joshua Sylvester (1561–1618)