Atossa, Cursed With Every Granted Prayer, Childless With All Her Children, Wants An Hei

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Atossa, cursed with every granted prayer,
Childless with all her children, wants an heir;
To heirs unknown descends the unguarded store,
Or wanders heaven-directed to the poor.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Moral Essays, Epistle ii, Line 147

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