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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... rules the ball , Thus shall your wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say , ( While the long ...
... rules the ball , Thus shall your wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say , ( While the long ...
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... rules of old discover'd , not devised , Are Nature still , but Nature methodised : Nature , like liberty , is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to ...
... rules of old discover'd , not devised , Are Nature still , but Nature methodised : Nature , like liberty , is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to ...
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... rules , Prescribe , apply , and call their masters fools . Some on the 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 ...
... rules , Prescribe , apply , and call their masters fools . Some on the 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 ...
Pagina 8
... rules not far enough extend , ( Since rules were made but to promote their end ) Some lucky licence answer to the full The intent proposed , that licence is a rule . Thus Pegasus , a nearer way to take , May boldly deviate from the ...
... rules not far enough extend , ( Since rules were made but to promote their end ) Some lucky licence answer to the full The intent proposed , that licence is a rule . Thus Pegasus , a nearer way to take , May boldly deviate from the ...
Pagina 9
... rules , Is PRIDE , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , She 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 ...
... rules , Is PRIDE , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , She 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 ...
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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