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Alexander Pope: As yet a...

Alexander Pope: As yet a...

As yet a child, not yet a fool to fame,
I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.


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Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise, and...

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Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, V....

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Alexander Pope: Good God! how...

Alexander Pope: Good God! how...

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and...

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Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it not only is useless, but it impairs what it would...

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Alexander Pope: Nature and Nature's...

Alexander Pope: Nature and Nature's...

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.


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Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
His soul proud science...

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Alexander Pope: Where'er you find...

Alexander Pope: Where'er you find...

Where'er you find `the cooling western breeze',
In the next line, it `whispers through the trees':
If crystal...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And slowly answer'd...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And slowly answer'd...

And slowly answer'd Arthur from the barge:
'The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils...

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William Wordsworth: Heaven lies about...

William Wordsworth: Heaven lies about...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing...

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William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Source: In The Golfer's Book...

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William Wordsworth: What though the...

William Wordsworth: What though the...

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring...

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William Wordsworth: We are laid...

William Wordsworth: We are laid...

We are laid asleep
In body, and become a living soul:
While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony,...

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William Wordsworth: Nature never did...

William Wordsworth: Nature never did...

Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.


Source: Lines composed a few...

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William Wordsworth: Earth has not...

William Wordsworth: Earth has not...

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its...

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William Wordsworth: A flock of...

William Wordsworth: A flock of...

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of...

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William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong.

Source: Ode to Duty
-- William...

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William Wordsworth: Provoke<br>The years to...

William Wordsworth: Provoke
The years to...

Provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke.


Source: Ode. Intimations of...

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William Wordsworth: In the faith...

William Wordsworth: In the faith...

In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.


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William Wordsworth: Some sipping punch,...

William Wordsworth: Some sipping punch,...

Some sipping punch, some sipping tea,
But, as you by their faces see,
All silent and all...

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