Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Popewas an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 May 1688
men goal wheels
So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
divine form humans
No more was seen the human form divine.
instruments ill mischief
When to mischief mortals bend their will, how soon they find it instruments of ill.
care riches taste
Tis strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy;Is it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?
sides moderation states
He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that.
music complaining strain
In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.
music church doctrine
As some to Church repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there.
nature eye angel
Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing.
nature next atoms
See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbor to embrace.
lasts next fool
Some have at first for wits, then poets passed, Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.
son feet paper
Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own; But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.
want poverty world
But to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate.
powerful moving fall
But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again; The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!
balance magnificence economics
To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.