“Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.”
Book:The Iliad of Homer
Quote by Alexander Pope
Work
The Iliad of Homer
The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, detailing the events of the Trojan War, focusing on the conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans. more
Author
Alexander Pope
Alexander 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
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Source: The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles
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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
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Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
“There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.”
“Never elated while one man's oppress'd; Never dejected while another's blessed.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
“Talk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right Honourable the Lady Frances Shirley, a standish and two pens. A fragment of an unpublished satire of Pope intitled One thousand seven hundred and forty. The plan of an epic poem, to have been written in blank verse, and intitled Brutus. Preface to Homer's Iliad. Postscript to the Odyssey
“Taste, that eternal wanderer, which flies From head to ears, and now from ears to eyes.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)