Pope Sylvester II

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    “In men we various ruling passions find,
    In women, two almost divide the kind;
    Those, only fixed, they first or last obey,
    The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “With deep affection and recollection
    I often think of the Shandon bells,”
    —Francis Sylvester Mahony (1805–1866)