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

“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”

“True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd”

“Some who grow dull religious straight commence”

“Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;”

“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”

“Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please,”

“Where are you hiding my love?”

“Great is the hand that holds dominion over”

“Out there somewhere there is a love who will never dream of calling you too much. Who speaks, like you, in poetry and candlewax and stardust. Who runs outside on stormy nights to howl at the moon. Who collects bones and sings incantation and talks to the ancestors. And that lover, when you find him or her, will see you and know you – just as you are and just as you should be.”

“Poetry is an abstraction bloodied.”

“I had forgotten. Disgust shadows desire.”

“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,”