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Now lapdogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake: (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. The Rape of the Lock (Fr. I). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press.)
Did some more sober critic come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.)
Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Epistle to Bathurst.)
Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. The Rape of the Lock (Fr. I). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press.)
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. The Rape of the Lock (Fr. II). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press.)
Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside, A teeming mistress, but a barren bride. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Epistle to a Lady, l. 71-2 (1735).)
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. The Rape of the Lock, cto. 2, l. 27-8 (1714).)
Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Epistle to Cobham, l. 149-50 (1734).)
Be silent always when you doubt your sense; And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence: (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. III). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press.)
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing? (Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. The Rape of the Lock (Fr. I). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) Oxford University Press.)
