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Alexander Pope
Thou wert my...
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
Source: An Essay on Man, IV. 390
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To happy convents,...
To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines,
Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
Vital spark of...
Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh the...
To endeavor to...
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a...
See my lips...
See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,
Suck my last breath, and catch my flying...
Tis education forms...
Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
To observations which...
To observations which ourselves we make
We grow more partial for th' observer's sake.
Were there one...
Were there one whose fires
True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires;
Blest with each talent and each art to...
Vice is a...
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her...
Shakespeare . ....
Shakespeare . . .
For gain not glory, winged his roving flight,
And grew immortal in his own...
To make mankind...
To make mankind in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they...
To rest, the...
To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
What beck'ning ghost,...
What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade
Invites my steps, and points to yonder...
Virtuous and vicious...
Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.
Source:...
Teach me to...
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to...
True disputants are...
True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
Two purposes in...
Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
What dire offence...
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial...
Waller was smooth;...
Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line,
The long majestic...
Ten censure wrong,...
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
Source: In