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World Service,04 May 1988,27 mins

Alexander Pope

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'To err is human to forgive is divine'. A profile and analysis of the very quotable British poet with contributions from Indian poet Vikram Seth, Australian poet Peter Porter, British politician Malcolm Rifkind, and Pope's biographer Maynard Mack

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