Poem Theme: Virtue / vice / Related People: Alexander Pope

1. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

First Line:: A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:: At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7403

2. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn

First Line:: A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn
Last Line:: More wise more learned more just more everything
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22413

3. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:: A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:: But an honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33649

4. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:: A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:: Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30028

5. All our praises why should lords engross

First Line:: All our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:: Proved by the ends of being to have been
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35047

6. As noblest metals are most soft to melt

First Line:: As noblest metals are most soft to melt
Last Line:: So pity soonest runs in gentle minds
Author:: Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35387

7. As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care

First Line:: As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care
Last Line:: Wild nature's vigour working at the root
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24750

8. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:: As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:: To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 32850

9. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:: As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:: To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11312

10. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

First Line:: Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:: My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30521

11. Awed by no shame by no respect controlled

First Line:: Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
Last Line:: And much he hated all but most the best
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18188

12. Beauty doth recommend the bearer to

First Line:: Beauty doth recommend the bearer to
Last Line:: And makes the stalking idiot more our scorn
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 35380

13. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:: But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:: Proved by the ends of being to have been
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22428

14. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:: But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:: The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31858

15. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:: But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:: Will never mark the marble with his name
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27023

16. But fools the good alone unhappy call

First Line:: But fools the good alone unhappy call
Last Line:: Lent heaven a parent to the poor and me
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28357

17. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed

First Line:: But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed
Last Line:: Say at what part of nature will they stand
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28364

18. But were there one whose fires

First Line:: But were there one whose fires
Last Line:: Who would not weep if Atticus were he
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31978

19. 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

20. Far in a wild unknown to public view

First Line:: Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:: And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:: Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12340

21. Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:: Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:: The other never read
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24504

22. Go if your ancient but ignoble blood

First Line:: Go if your ancient but ignoble blood
Last Line:: Nor own your fathers have been fools so long
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28367

23. Grant that those can conquer these can cheat

First Line:: Grant that those can conquer these can cheat
Last Line:: Is but the more a fool the more a knave
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28527

24. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

First Line:: Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:: Of order sins against the eternal cause
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34934

25. 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

26. He spies me out I whisper gracious God

First Line:: He spies me out I whisper gracious God
Last Line:: No wonder some folks bow and think them kings
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28033

27. Here shunning idleness at once and praise

First Line:: Here shunning idleness at once and praise
Last Line:: And hid in deserts what would charm a court
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22056

28. Honour and shame from no condition rise

First Line:: Honour and shame from no condition rise
Last Line:: The rest is all but leather or prunella
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37185

29. I give and I devise old Euclis said

First Line:: I give and I devise old Euclis said
Last Line:: Not that I cannot part with that and died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24848

30. In this impartial glass my muse intends

First Line:: In this impartial glass my muse intends
Last Line:: And the sad burden of some merry song
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28017

31. In parts superior what advantage lies

First Line:: In parts superior what advantage lies
Last Line:: Above life's weakness and its comforts too
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28541

32. 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

33. I know the thing that's most uncommon

First Line:: I know the thing that's most uncommon
Last Line:: The woman's deaf and does not hear
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13493

34. I've often wished that I had clear

First Line:: I've often wished that I had clear
Last Line:: A crust of bread and liberty
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37167

35. If all united thy ambition call

First Line:: If all united thy ambition call
Last Line:: From dirt and seaweed as proud Venice rose
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28548

36. Know then this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know then this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: All end in love of god and love of man
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12217

37. Know then this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know then this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31284

38. Know thou this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know thou this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35197

39. Knowledge by time advances slow and wise

First Line:: Knowledge by time advances slow and wise
Last Line:: Concludes from both and best provides for all
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30178

40. Modes of self love the passions we may call

First Line:: Modes of self love the passions we may call
Last Line:: Tis this though man's a fool yet God is wise
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37176

41. Now hear what blessings temperance can bring

First Line:: Now hear what blessings temperance can bring
Last Line:: To seem but mortal even in sound divines
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28026

42. Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat

First Line:: Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat
Last Line:: His pride in reasoning not in acting lies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22412

43. Of manners gentle of affections mild

First Line:: Of manners gentle of affections mild
Last Line:: Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22497

44. Of all the causes which conspire to blind

First Line:: Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Last Line:: Is pride the never failing vice of fools
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27106

45. O sacred weapon left for truth's defence

First Line:: O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
Last Line:: And goad the prelate slumbering in his stall
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30877

46. Order is heaven's first law and this confessed

First Line:: Order is heaven's first law and this confessed
Last Line:: One they must want which is to pass for good
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37182

47. Saw a lazy lolling sort

First Line:: Saw a lazy lolling sort
Last Line:: Benigner influence on thy nodding head
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28189

48. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

First Line:: See anger zeal and fortitude supply
Last Line:: But what will grow on pride or grow on shame
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28222

49. Showed erring pride whatever is is right

First Line:: Showed erring pride whatever is is right
Last Line:: And all our knowledge is ourselves to know
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28605

50. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake

First Line:: Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake
Last Line:: And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28590

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1. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

2. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn

3. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

4. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

5. All our praises why should lords engross

6. As noblest metals are most soft to melt

7. As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care

8. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

9. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

10. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

11. Awed by no shame by no respect controlled

12. Beauty doth recommend the bearer to

13. But all our praises why should lords engross

14. But all our praises why should lords engross

15. But all our praises why should lords engross

16. But fools the good alone unhappy call

17. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed

18. But were there one whose fires

19. Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains

20. Far in a wild unknown to public view

21. Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved

22. Go if your ancient but ignoble blood

23. Grant that those can conquer these can cheat

24. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

25. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

26. He spies me out I whisper gracious God

27. Here shunning idleness at once and praise

28. Honour and shame from no condition rise

29. I give and I devise old Euclis said

30. In this impartial glass my muse intends

31. In parts superior what advantage lies

32. In reasoning pride my friend our error lies

33. I know the thing that's most uncommon

34. I've often wished that I had clear

35. If all united thy ambition call

36. Know then this truth enough for man to know

37. Know then this truth enough for man to know

38. Know thou this truth enough for man to know

39. Knowledge by time advances slow and wise

40. Modes of self love the passions we may call

41. Now hear what blessings temperance can bring

42. Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat

43. Of manners gentle of affections mild

44. Of all the causes which conspire to blind

45. O sacred weapon left for truth's defence

46. Order is heaven's first law and this confessed

47. Saw a lazy lolling sort

48. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

49. Showed erring pride whatever is is right

50. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake