Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or sylvester:
“A needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“On this I ponder where’er I wander,
And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee;
With thy bells of Shandon,”
—Francis Sylvester Mahony (1805–1866)