John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3671 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3671 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | As full-blown poppies, overcharg’d with rain, Decline the head, and drooping kiss the plain,— So sinks the youth; his beauteous head, deprest Beneath his helmet, drops upon his breast. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Iliad of Homer. Book viii. Line 371. |