Alexander Pope

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: Ask you what...

Alexander Pope: Ask you what...

Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.


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Alexander Pope: And hence one...

Alexander Pope: And hence one...

And hence one master-passion in the breast,
Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.


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Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply!
That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!


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Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

All crowd, who foremost shall be damned to fame.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iii....

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Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the...

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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: Awake my St...

Alexander Pope: Awake my St...

Awake my St John! Leave all meaner things
To low ambition, and the pride of kings.
Let us, since life can little...

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Alexander Pope: But let a...

Alexander Pope: But let a...

But let a lord once own the happy lines,
How the wit brightens! how the style refines!


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Alexander Pope: An obstinate person...

Alexander Pope: An obstinate person...

An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw:
Some livelier plaything...

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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: Be not the...

Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.


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Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain,
The creature's at his dirty work again.


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Alexander Pope: And love th'...

Alexander Pope: And love th'...

And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard, 192
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Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

But thousands die without or this or that,
Die, and endow a college, or a cat:
To some, indeed, Heaven grants...

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Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Chaste to her Husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming Mistress, but a barren Bride.


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Alexander Pope: Cibber! write all...

Alexander Pope: Cibber! write all...

Cibber! write all thy Verses upon Glasses,
The only way to save 'em from our Arses.


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Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Did some more sober critic come abroad?
If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.


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Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in...

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