Alexander Pope Quote

Who now reads Cowley? if he pleases yet,
His moral pleases, not his pointed wit.


Imitations of Horace Horace bk. 2, Epistle 1 (1737) l. 75


Who now reads Cowley? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit.

Who now reads Cowley? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit.

Who now reads Cowley? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit.

Who now reads Cowley? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit.