Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.

Birds Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Pastorals--Spring (l. 23)

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Birds Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Pastorals--Spring (l. 23)

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Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.

Doves Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Windsor Forest (l. 185)

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And little eagles wave their wings in gold.

Eagles Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Moral Essays--Epistle to Addison (l. 30)

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Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

Falcons Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 53)

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Shall I, like Curtius, desperate in my zeal, O'er head and ears plunge for the common weal? Or rob Rome's ancient geese of all their glories, And cackling save the monarchies of Tories?

Geese Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: The Dunciad (bk. 1, l. 209)

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No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.

Larks Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Pastorals--Winter (l. 53)

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Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own, and raptures swell the note.

Linnets Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 33)

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See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

Pheasants Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Windsor Forest (l. 111)

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But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse; Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.

Winter Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Ode to Winter (l. 85)

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And solid pudding against empty praise.

Eating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: The Dunciad (bk. I, l. 54)

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"Pray take them, Sir,--Enough's a Feast; Eat some, and pocket up the rest."

Eating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: First Book of Horace (ep. VII, l. 24)

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One solid dish his week-day meal affords, An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's.

Eating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 447)

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"Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.

Eating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 461)

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"An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant, "This same Desset is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow Tree, A Crust of Bread, and Liberty."

Eating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Second Book of Horace (last lines)

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In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung.

Inns Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Moral Essays (ep. 3, l. 299)

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In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.

December Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: The Dunciad (bk. I, l. 77)

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For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.

Lilies Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Pastorals--Autumn (l. 26)

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And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.

Will Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: The Universal Prayer (st. 3)

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Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.

Boating Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 177)

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I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

Dogs Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Epigrams--On the Collar of a Dog

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To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence.

Dogs Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 109)

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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Dogs Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Letters to and from H. Cromwell, Esq.--Letter X

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Fidelity Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Criticism (pt. II, l. 336)

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Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.

Fidelity Quotes, by Alexander Pope , Source: Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 83)

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