Alexander PopeAlexander Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English. He had an acute awareness of traditions he had inherited and a clear vision of where he stood in literary history. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work Pat Rogers presents all the major poems and a characteristic sample of his prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. Pope's criticism is represented by his preface to his edition of Shakespeare, and the personal side of his work is illustrated by short pasages from his conversations with Joseph Spence and examples of his wide-ranging correspondence. |
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Page 154
... pass by a broken bottle , without taking it up to show us the arms of the family on it . He then led me up the tower ... passes by can dream there is an inhabitant , and even anybody that would visit me , dares not venture under my roof ...
... pass by a broken bottle , without taking it up to show us the arms of the family on it . He then led me up the tower ... passes by can dream there is an inhabitant , and even anybody that would visit me , dares not venture under my roof ...
Page 359
... pass o'er all those confessors and martyrs , Who live like Sutton , or who die like Chartres , ° Outcant old Esdras , or outdrink his heir , O Out - usure Jews , or Irishmen outswear ; Wicked as pages , who in early years Act sins which ...
... pass o'er all those confessors and martyrs , Who live like Sutton , or who die like Chartres , ° Outcant old Esdras , or outdrink his heir , O Out - usure Jews , or Irishmen outswear ; Wicked as pages , who in early years Act sins which ...
Page 451
... pass , and vagrant through the land ; Not sail , with Ward , to ape - and - monkey climes , Where vile mundungus® trucks for viler rhymes ; Not sulphur - tipped , emblaze an alehouse fire ; Not wrap up oranges , to pelt your sire ! O ! pass ...
... pass , and vagrant through the land ; Not sail , with Ward , to ape - and - monkey climes , Where vile mundungus® trucks for viler rhymes ; Not sulphur - tipped , emblaze an alehouse fire ; Not wrap up oranges , to pelt your sire ! O ! pass ...
Contents
Pastorals I | 1 |
An Essay on Criticism | 17 |
Sappho to Phaon | 40 |
Copyright | |
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