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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 973 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

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Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, Part ii.:

while he with watchful eye Observes, and shoots their treasons as they fly.—Wakefield.

Dryden, Aurengzebe, Act iii.:

Youth should watch joys and shoot 'em as they fly.

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