TEMPER.
Oh! blessed with temper, whose unclouded ray
Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.
Moral Essays, Epistle II. A. POPE.
From loveless youth to uninspected age,
No passion gratified, except her rage,
So much the fury still outran the wit,
That pleasure missed her, and the scandal hit.
Moral Essays, Epistle II. A. POPE.
Good-humor only teaches charms to last,
Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.
Epistle to Mrs. Blount. A. POPE.
What then remains, but well our power to use,
And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose?
And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail,
When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
Rape of the Lock, Canto V. A. POPE.