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On a Poet’s Birthday – Ode on Solitude by Alexander Pope

My New Year’s Resolution for 2021 is to read more poetry. So, this new series of quizzes, will take a poem by a famous poet on their birthday and ask you to fill in the missing words. The poem for this quiz is Ode on Solitude by 18th century poet, Alexander Pope, whose birthday is on May 21st.

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  • Question of

    Happy the —, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,

    • man
    • one
  • Question of

    Content to breathe his — air, In his own ground.

    • native
    • natural
  • Question of

    Whose herds with milk, whose — with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire,

    • fields
    • grain
  • Question of

    Whose trees in summer — him shade, In winter fire.

    • yield
    • offer
  • Question of

    Blest, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and — slide soft away,

    • years
    • months
  • Question of

    In — of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day,

    • health
    • strength
  • Question of

    Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together —; sweet recreation;

    • mixed
    • conjoined
  • Question of

    And innocence, which most — please, With meditation.

    • does
    • can
  • Question of

    Thus let me live, —, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die;

    • unseen
    • unheard
  • Question of

    — from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

    • steal
    • go

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