Alexander Pope Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744
Birthday: May 21
Death: May 30
See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.
source: Alexander Pope (1873). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward”, p.33
topic: Spring, Blood, Wings, Pheasants
