Alexander Pope

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.

Health consists with Temperance alone.

Health consists with Temperance alone.

Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above,
Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove?
Admires the read more

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above,
Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove?
Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings?
Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.

For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.