The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope)

"Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky."

"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared."

"Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace."

"For never, never, wicked man was wise."

"Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will: for Wisdom never lies."

"The lot of man,—to suffer and to die."

"A faultless body and a blameless mind."

"The long historian of my country's woes."

"Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love; Wide as his will extends his boundless grace."

"When now Aurora, daughter of the dawn, With rosy lustre purpled o'er the lawn."

"These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!"

"Mirror of constant faith, rever'd and mourn'd!"

"There with commutual zeal we both had strove In acts of dear benevolence and love: Brothers in peace, not rivals in command."

"The glory of a firm, capacious mind."

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."

"The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost."

"O thou, whose certain eye foresees The fix'd events of fate's remote decrees."

"Forget the brother, and resume the man."

"The people's parent, he protected all."

"The big round tear stands trembling in her eye."

"The windy satisfaction of the tongue."

"A moment snatch’d the shining form away, And all was covered with the curling sea."

"Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery."

"The bank he press'd, and gently kiss'd the ground."

"A heaven of charms divine Nausicaa lay."

"Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales, And the good suffers while the bad prevails."

"By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent."

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and even a stranger recommends."

"To heal divisions, to relieve th' opprest; In virtue rich; in blessing others, blest."

"Oh, pity human woe! 'T is what the happy to the unhappy owe."

"Whose well-taught mind the present age surpast."

"For fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are misery and man!"

"In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!"

"And every eye Gaz'd, as before some brother of the sky."

"Nor can one word be chang'd but for a worse."

"And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the sky."

"Behold on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong!"

"A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue."

"Just are the ways of Heaven: from Heaven proceed The woes of man; Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed,— A theme of future song!"

"Earth sounds my wisdom and high heaven my fame."

"Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores."

"Lotus, the name; divine, nectareous juice!"

"Respect us human, and relieve us poor."

"Rare gift! but oh what gift to fools avails!"

"Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return."

"No more was seen the human form divine."

"And not a man appears to tell their fate."

"Can living eyes behold the realms below? What bark to waft me, and what wind to blow?"

"Let him, oraculous, the end, the way, The turns of all thy future fate display."

"The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd Long exercised in woes, O Muse! resound."