***Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the soul
Line number 33,34 of canto
V from “The rape of the lock”. She concludes with the most anti-spleen
passage in the whole poem, telling Belinda that all of her "Airs, and
Flights, and Screams, and Scolding" will probably fail, and that if she
keeps things in perspective and rises above the whole issue, she'll win in the
end. Very sensible and reasonable, We also can add that beauty and charms may
strike our site for a small period of time but when it comes to merit, it can
win someone’s soul forever.
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