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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Pagina 2
... senses , shuts my sight , Drowns my spirits , draws my breath ? Tell me , my Soul , can this be death ? III The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I ...
... senses , shuts my sight , Drowns my spirits , draws my breath ? Tell me , my Soul , can this be death ? III The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I ...
Pagina 4
... sense . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go ...
... sense . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go ...
Pagina 5
... sense defaced ; Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or ...
... sense defaced ; Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or ...
Pagina 7
... sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then whose judgment the right course would steer , Know well each Ancient's proper character : His fable , subject , scope in every page ; Religion ...
... sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then whose judgment the right course would steer , Know well each Ancient's proper character : His fable , subject , scope in every page ; Religion ...
Pagina 9
... sense , and doubt their own ! II Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is PRIDE , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has ...
... sense , and doubt their own ! II Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is PRIDE , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has ...
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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