Alexander Pope

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Fine by defect, and delicately weak.

Fine by defect, and delicately weak.

At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and read more

At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on,
Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.