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1. A being darkly wise and rudely great

First Line:
A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:
The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28217

2. But errs not nature from this gracious end

First Line:
But errs not nature from this gracious end
Last Line:
And nature deviates how can man do less
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28216

3. Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly

First Line:
Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly
Last Line:
Therefore with joy resign thy dying breath
DMI number:
33635

4. Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains

First Line:
Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains
Last Line:
Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33766

5. For him alone hope leads from goal to goal

First Line:
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:
Are given in vain but what they seek they find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28212

6. For what one likes if others like as well

First Line:
For what one likes if others like as well
Last Line:
All join to guard what each desires to gain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28238

7. Go wondrous creature mount where science guides

First Line:
Go wondrous creature mount where science guides
Last Line:
Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28218

8. God is that spring of good supreme and best

First Line:
God is that spring of good supreme and best
Last Line:
The bad meet punishment the good reward
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28214

9. Grant that the powerful still the weak control

First Line:
Grant that the powerful still the weak control
Last Line:
For more his pleasure yet for more his pride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28231

10. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

First Line:
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:
Or who could suffer being here below
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33629

11. Heaven to mankind impartial we confess

First Line:
Heaven to mankind impartial we confess
Last Line:
One common blessing as one common soul
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28352

12. In times overgrown with rust and ignorance

First Line:
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:
And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28237

13. In reasoning pride my friend our error lies

First Line:
In reasoning pride my friend our error lies
Last Line:
The whispering zephyr and the purling rill
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28206

14. Long night will over all its darkness spread

First Line:
Long night will over all its darkness spread
Last Line:
And from the stroke of death there's none can fly
DMI number:
33630

15. More powerful each as needful to the rest

First Line:
More powerful each as needful to the rest
Last Line:
Beast man or angel servant lord or king
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28240

16. Of man what see we but his station here

First Line:
Of man what see we but his station here
Last Line:
And drawn supports upheld by God or thee
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28204

17. Opinion gilds with varying rays

First Line:
Opinion gilds with varying rays
Last Line:
And not a vanity is given in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28228

18. On their own axis as the planets run

First Line:
On their own axis as the planets run
Last Line:
And one regards itself and one the whole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28244

19. Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat

First Line:
Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat
Last Line:
Worse is an evil fame much worse than none
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
33660

20. Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes

First Line:
Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes
Last Line:
And all alike find reason on their side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28221