Alexander Pope Quote

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day,
Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away;
....
To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint,
Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint.


The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope, Esq. With a Sketch of the Author's Life (ed. 1846)


Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; .... To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could ...

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; .... To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could ...

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; .... To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could ...

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; .... To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could ...