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
sky light sea
Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
thinking sky dies
Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die?
sky light spirit
Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.
lying sky bully
Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
wise dream sky
Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.
flower rain sky
All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers; hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.
dog thinking sky
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
moving sky clouds
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.
birthday count grateful
PLeas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind, And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
man plain reason
Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
men stupidity criticism
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
spring judging deeds
Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.
shining poetry brighter
Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.
mind mental-illness finest
The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.