John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3511 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3511 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Fair tresses man’s imperial race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Rape of the Lock. Canto ii. Line 27. |
| Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 66. [back] |