Poetry Quote by Alexander Pope — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast;”

“The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore,”

“Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;”

“Some who grow dull religious straight commence”

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,”

“To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,”

“Your daughter is ugly.”

“Teach me to sing and recite,”

“Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee that dream-power which every night shows thee is thine own; a power transcending all limit and privacy, and by virtue of which a man is the conductor of the whole river of electricity.”

“Like delicate lace,”

“Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?”

“I do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin.”