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
play water flow
And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
friendship men flow
Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
flower rain sky
All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers; hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.
flower pride shining
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, 'Tis for mine For me kind nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower.
flower fruit gone
The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.
flow fairy daisies
The dances ended, all the fairy train For pinks and daisies search'd the flow'ry plain.
truth flower speech
Truth needs not flowers of speech.
summer flower eye
Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
wine soul flow
Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
draw peculiar plan
Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
last lay
Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.
blessed expects man ninth shall
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth beatitude
fault hide mercy teach
Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me.
english-poet fault hide mercy others teach
Teach me to feel another's woe,To hide the fault I see,That mercy I to others show,That mercy show to me.