
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope, an English poet, was born on May 21, 1688, and died on May 30, 1744. He is renowned for his wit, satire, and elegant poetry, with his most famous works including 'An Essay on Criticism' and 'The Moral Essays'. Pope's works have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy, both in his time and today. more
“Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six volumes complete : with his last corrections, additions, and improvements : together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton
“The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)
“The approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light, When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade, And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete : with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death : Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton
“And not a vanity is given in vain.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]
“Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost?”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six volumes complete : with his last corrections, additions, and improvements : together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton
“The heart resolves this matter in a trice, "Men only feel the smart, but not the vice.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books
“Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.”
“Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
“Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.”
Source: An Essay on Man: And Other Poems
“What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire. Is this too little?”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe