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Alexander Pope Quotes about Marriage

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). “Poetical Works”, p.284

Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.

Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.342