"Seas roll to waft me, suns to light……" — Alexander Pope
"Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies."
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532 Quotes by Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope has 532 quotes on this site.
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they…
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the…
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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once…
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul…
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More Canopy Quotes
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one of 35 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my…
— William Shakespeare
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Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big…
— E. O. Wilson
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Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd…
— William Shakespeare
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But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her…
— William C. Bryant
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You lived and died alone, especially in fighters. Fighters. Somehow, despite everything, that word had not become sterile. You slipped…
— James Salter
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Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working…
— Mark Hanna
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Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Fair Trade supports some of the most bio-diverse farming systems in the world. When you visit a Fair Trade coffee…
— Unknown Author
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There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the…
— Terry Pratchett
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God's canopy is over you and will cover you at all times, preserving you from evil.
— Smith Wigglesworth
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This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o-erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire.
— William Shakespeare
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Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless…
— Maya Angelou
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