Poetical WorksThis edition, first published in 1966, contains all of Pope's poems, except for his translations from Homer, scraps of verse originally included in letters, and poems of doubtful attribution. It also includes Pope's own notes, the 1728 edition of The Dunciad, and the 1712 edition of The Rape of the Lock. Davis has provided a text which attempts to follow Pope's latest wishes both in substance and accidentals. He has taken as his copy text the late quartos of The Dunciad in 1743, the Essay on Man and the Essay on Criticism in February 1744, and the Epistles in May 1744. For the rest he has followed the 1751 text, which he has collated with the earlier editions. |
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Page 186
... reign ? 230 235 Must we , alas ! our doubtful necks prepare , Each haughty master's yoke by turns to bear , And still to change whom chang'd we still must fear ? These now controul a wretched people's fate , These can divide , and these ...
... reign ? 230 235 Must we , alas ! our doubtful necks prepare , Each haughty master's yoke by turns to bear , And still to change whom chang'd we still must fear ? These now controul a wretched people's fate , These can divide , and these ...
Page 215
... reign of the Skies ? Short is the Date prescrib'd to Mortal Man ; Shall Jove , for one , extend the narrow Span , Whose Bounds were fix'd before his Race began ? How many Sons of Gods , foredoom'd to Death , Before proud Ilion must ...
... reign of the Skies ? Short is the Date prescrib'd to Mortal Man ; Shall Jove , for one , extend the narrow Span , Whose Bounds were fix'd before his Race began ? How many Sons of Gods , foredoom'd to Death , Before proud Ilion must ...
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... reign : 40 45 50 up in her infancy by Dulness herself ; but being afterwards espoused into a noble house , she forgot ( as is usual ) the humility of her birth , and the cares of her early friends . This occasioned a long estrangement ...
... reign : 40 45 50 up in her infancy by Dulness herself ; but being afterwards espoused into a noble house , she forgot ( as is usual ) the humility of her birth , and the cares of her early friends . This occasioned a long estrangement ...
Contents
A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY | 7 |
MESSIAH A SACRED ECLOGUE IN IMITATION | 32 |
ODE ON ST CECILIAS DAY MDCCVIII AND OTHER | 51 |
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