Alexander Pope ( 10 of 261 )
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit read more
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd.
But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews;
Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse;
Sharp Boreas blows, and read more
But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews;
Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse;
Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay,
Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
Party is the madness of many, for the gains of a few.
Party is the madness of many, for the gains of a few.
Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken wine;
The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join.
Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken wine;
The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!
Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!
The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain.
The wond'ring forests soon should dance again;
The moving read more
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!
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms read more
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
