John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3386 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3386 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o’er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 1. |
| Note 1. See Milton, Quotation 4. There is no theme more plentiful to scan Than is the glorious goodly frame of man. Du Bartas: Days and Weeks, third day. [back] |