Alexander Pope

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain ↗

— Alexander Pope

#death

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ↗

— Alexander Pope

#poetry #art

I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? ↗

— Alexander Pope

#humor #subservience #humor

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, Let Newton be! and all was light. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#laws #light #nature #newton #science

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#an-essay-on-criticism #art #genius #music #poet

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things,... ↗

— Alexander Pope

#love #triviality #love

Order is heaven's first law. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#first law #heaven #law #order

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#enlightenment #poetry #satire #satire

Know thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#introspection #religion #religion

Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake ↗

— Alexander Pope

#morality #women #business