Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Satire was the fashion of the day for Alexander Pope (born May 21, 1688) and friends like Jonathan Swift and John Gay. Pope enjoyed mocking high-society quarrels and bad taste among the aristocracy. He did, however, also pen an earnest translation of the Iliad.
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