Which English poet wrote: "Hope springs eternal in every human breast"?

"Hope springs eternal in every human breast" was written by Alexander Pope. This is an expression which Pope coined in 'An Essay on Man' (1732). It is a saying that quickly became a proverb. Because of his work, Pope was recognized as a great English formal literary master, an eloquent expositor of the spirit of his age, and a representative of the culture and politics of the 'Period of Enlightenment'.

Following his death, Pope would publicly be called one of the greatest English poets to ever create poems. He would be seen as one of the foremost poet of the early 18th century. He is now best known for his satirical and discursive poetry—to include 'The Rape of the Lock', 'The Dunciad', and 'An Essay on Criticism'—as well as for his translation of 'Homer'.

In May 1688 in London, England, Alexander Pope was born an only child to Alexander and Edith Pope. He shall live for 56 years and become one of the most epigrammatic English authors to produce over 80 literary works. He becomes the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after William Shakespeare. Also Pope's use of the heroic couplet has become very famous. His fans stated that he believed that the qualities that make a good poet and literary critic are the same qualities that make a good person. Thoughtfulness, carefulness, and strong faith are the qualities. Pope and his full thoughts on virtue are systematized in his work 'An Essay on Man'. Pope died of tuberculosis in 1744.