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...grotto, Pope says "There, my retreat the best companions grace, / Chiefs, out of war, and statesmen, out of place. / There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl, / The feast of reason and the flow of soul." Johnson alludes to his intellect in a phrase taken from Lucretius's...

...but sooths my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and Statesmen out of place. There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl, The Feast of Reason and the Flow of soul: And He, whose lightning pierc'd th'Iberian lines, Now forms my...

...but sooths my Sleep. There, my Retreat the best Companions grace, Chiefs, out of War, and Statesmen, out of Place. There St. John mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason and the Flow of Soul: And He, whose Lightning pierc'd th" Iberian Lines, Now forms...

...soothes my sleep. There, my retreat the best Companions grace, 12$ Chiefs out of war, and Statesmen out of place. There ST. JOHN mingles with my friendly bowl The Feast of Reason and the Flow of Soul: And HE, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian Lines, Now forms...

...often bring together : — There my retreat the best companions grace; Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he whose lightning pierced the Iberian lines, Now forms...