"Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe."
— An Essay on Man

January 1, 1970

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PoetryWorks by Alexander Pope
Original Language: English

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Line 379; comparable with: "D'une voix légère / Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère", Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, The Art of Poetry, Canto I, line 75 (translated by John Dryden as "Happy who in his verse can gently steer / From grave to light, from pleasant to severe").