The Rape of the Lock

"If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and youll forget em all."

"What dire offence from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things!"

"They shift the moving toyshop of their heart."

"Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake."

"Whether the nymph shall break Dianas law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw, Or stain her honour, or her new brocade, Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade."

"On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore."

"Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay."

"The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine."

"Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes."

"At every word a reputation dies."

"Boast not my fall (he cried), insulting foe! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low; Nor think to die dejects my lofty mind; All that I dread is leaving you behind! Rather than so, ah let me still survive, And burn in Cupids flames — but burn alive."

"Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea."