Essay on Man and Other PoemsCourier Corporation, 27 apr 2012 - 112 pagina's Considered the preeminent verse satirist in English, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) brought wide learning, devastating wit and masterly technique to his poems. Models of clarity and control, they exemplified the classical poetics of the Augustan age. This volume contains a rich selection of Pope's work, including such well-known poems as the title selection — a philosophical meditation on the nature of the universe and man's place in it — and "The Rape of the Lock," a mock-epic of rare charm and skill. Also included are "Ode on Solitude," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady," "An Essay on Criticism," "Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog," "Epistle [IV] to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington: Of the Use of Riches," "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot; or, Prologue to the Satires" and more. Taken together, these poems offer an excellent sampling of Pope's imaginative genius and the felicitous blending of word, idea and image that earned him a place among the leading lights of 18th-century literature. |
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... give and merit fame , And justly bear a critic's noble name , Be sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , And mark that point where sense ...
... give and merit fame , And justly bear a critic's noble name , Be sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , And mark that point where sense ...
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... gives in large recruits of needless pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense ...
... gives in large recruits of needless pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense ...
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... gives us back the image of our mind . As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit . For works may have more wit than does ' em good , As bodies perish through excess of blood . Others for ...
... gives us back the image of our mind . As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit . For works may have more wit than does ' em good , As bodies perish through excess of blood . Others for ...
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... gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , a power And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;. 5 John Denham , seventeenth - century poet . 6 A London street of ...
... gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , a power And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;. 5 John Denham , seventeenth - century poet . 6 A London street of ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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The Rape of the Lock 17121714 | 23 |
Essay on Man 17331734 | 45 |
To Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington 1731 | 79 |
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 1735 | 85 |
Engraved on the Collar of a Dog | 97 |
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ALEXANDER POPE alike ancient angels Bavius beauty Belinda blessing blest bliss breast breath Catiline creatures critics Dæmons e'er Earl of Burlington earth ease Epistle Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate faults fix'd fools gives glory gnome grace hair hand happiness head heart Heaven honour John Dennis judge kings knave laws learn'd learning live lock lord maid man's mankind mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once pain Parnassian Parnassus parterre passions pleased pleasure POEMS poet Pope praise pride proud Queen rage reason rise rules Sappho self-love sense shade shine smiles soft soul spirits spleen spread sprites sylphs taste taught tears Thalestris thee things thou trembling true truth Umbriel vanity vice virtue Walt Whitman weak whate'er whole wings wise write