Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast,
When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.


Canto III, line 157. - The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)

Alexander Pope Quotes

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.