A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.


Miscellaneous Poems (ed. 1727)

Alexander Pope Quotes

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.