Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.


An essay on man. In epistles to a friend [by A. Pope]. Epistle ii (ed. 1733)

Alexander Pope Quotes

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.