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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... leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , > The memory's soft figures melt away . . One science An Essay on Criticism 5.
... leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , > The memory's soft figures melt away . . One science An Essay on Criticism 5.
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... leaves of ancient authors prey , , Nor time nor moths e'er spoild so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those ...
... leaves of ancient authors prey , , Nor time nor moths e'er spoild so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those ...
Pagina 11
... leave the combat out ? ” exclaims the knight ; Yes , or we must renounce the Stagyrite . “ Not so , by heaven , ( he answers in a rage ) “ Knights , squires , and steeds , must enter on the stage . ” So vast a throng the stage can ne'er ...
... leave the combat out ? ” exclaims the knight ; Yes , or we must renounce the Stagyrite . “ Not so , by heaven , ( he answers in a rage ) “ Knights , squires , and steeds , must enter on the stage . ” So vast a throng the stage can ne'er ...
Pagina 12
... leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found . False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of Nature we no more survey , All glares alike ...
... leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found . False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of Nature we no more survey , All glares alike ...
Pagina 13
... Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes , and know What's roundly smooth , or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line , Where Denham'ss strength , and Waller's sweetness join . True ease in writing comes from art ...
... Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes , and know What's roundly smooth , or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line , Where Denham'ss strength , and Waller's sweetness join . True ease in writing comes from art ...
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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