John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3522 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3522 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Is there a parson much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk foredoom’d his father’s soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 15. |