Pope Felix

Pope Felix could refer to:

  • Pope Felix I (269–274)
  • Antipope Felix II (355–365)
  • Pope Felix III (483–492)
  • Pope Felix IV (526–530)
  • Antipope Felix V, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1439–1449)

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    “Let Sporus tremble—‘What? That thing of silk,
    Sporus, that mere white curd of ass’s milk?
    Satire or sense, alas, can Sporus feel,
    Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?’
    Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
    This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings;
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    Yet wit ne’er tastes, and beauty ne’er enjoys:”
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    The Master has paid him his wages, the goal of his journey is won;
    He rests, but he never is idle; a thousand years pass like a day,
    In the glad surprise of Paradise where work is sweeter than play.”
    —Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)