Alexander Pope

A bachelor is one who enjoys the chase but does not eat the game.

A bachelor is one who enjoys the chase but does not eat the game.

And soften'd sounds along the waters die:
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.

And soften'd sounds along the waters die:
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.

But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to
the hour of his death never read more

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to
the hour of his death never lose sight of it.
[Fr., Un enfant en ouvrant ses yeux doit voir la patrie, et
jusqu'a la mort ne voir qu'elle.]

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.