Alexander Pope a-t-il vraiment dit « Hope springs eternal in the human breast » ?

Alexander Pope a-t-il vraiment dit « Hope springs eternal in the human breast » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Alexander Pope. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

III. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. Oh, blindness to the futu
An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires — Alexander Pope, ¶30 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #2428 · source

Hope humbly then: with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: 95 Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems — Alexander Pope, PART III. Ver. 560, etc. · ¶312 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #9800 · source

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. The same ambition can destroy or save, And makes a patriot as it makes a knave. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be s
English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World — William J. Long, CHAPTER IX · ¶921 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #10609 · source

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