Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.

Famous quotes by alexander pope:

    Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play,
    Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    The Nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky;
    The walls, the woods, and long canals reply.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Th’ increasing prospect tires our wand’ring eyes.
    Hills peep o’er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!
    A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit
    With the same spirit that its author writ:
    Survey the Whole, nor seek slight faults to find
    Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind;
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor’d mind
    Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    And ten low words oft creep in one dull line:
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)