John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3544 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 3544 |
AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
QUOTATION: | But touch me, and no minister so sore; Whoe’er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Satire i. Book ii. Line 76. |