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
father grief joy
Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
heart gay joy
Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
lying joy healthy
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
sunshine joy heartfelt
The soul's calm sunshine and heartfelt joy.
joy secret sake
O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.
bird blooming joyous
Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.
pain giving joy
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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.
censure ten writers-and-writing writes
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
catch flying last lips suck
See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,/ Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul!