Quote by Alexander Pope
Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when

Our rural ancestors, with little blest,
Patient of labour when the end was rest,
Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
With feasts, and offrings, and a thankful strain. – Alexander Pope

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