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Quotes from Windsor Forest — Alexander Pope

1688–1744 England

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The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest,
And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

Windsor Forest (1713)

Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand,
And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began
A mighty hunter, and his prey was man.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But as the world, harmoniously confus'd,
Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd

Windsor Forest (1713)

From old Belerium to the northern main.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath,
The clam'rous lapwings feel the leaden death;
Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare,
They fall, and leave their little lives in air.

Windsor Forest (1713)

In genial spring, beneath the quivering shade,
Where cooling vapors breathe along the mead,
The patient fisher takes his silent stand,
Intent, his angle trembling in his hand;
With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed,
And eyes the dancing cork, and bending reed.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain,
Here earth and water seem to strive again,
Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree.

Windsor Forest (1713)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alexander Pope (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.