Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit,
For works may have more with than does 'em good,
As bodies perish through excess of blood.


The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems (ed. 1752)

Alexander Pope Quotes

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.