The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Quotes from The Rape of the Lock — Alexander Pope
1688–1744 England
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If to her share some female errors fall
Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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With varying vanities, from ev'ry part,
They shift the moving toyshop of their heart.
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What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
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What dire offence from amorous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
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Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe,
That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
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But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd,
And chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost!
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Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.
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And soften'd sounds along the waters die:
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
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Bright as the sun her eyes the gazers strike,
And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
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When to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find it instruments of ill.
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Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain,
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.
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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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There Affectation, with a sickly mien,
Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen.
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Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alexander Pope (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.