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 72
... soul , I hope , enjoys eternal glory , For here on earth I was his purgatory . Oft , when his shoe the most severely wrung , He put on careless airs , and sat and sung . How sore I galled him , only heaven could know , And he that felt ...
... soul , I hope , enjoys eternal glory , For here on earth I was his purgatory . Oft , when his shoe the most severely wrung , He put on careless airs , and sat and sung . How sore I galled him , only heaven could know , And he that felt ...
Page 145
... soul , One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight , Priests , tapers , temples , swim before my sight : In seas of flame my plunging soul is drowned , While altars blaze , and angels tremble round . While prostrate here in humble ...
... soul , One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight , Priests , tapers , temples , swim before my sight : In seas of flame my plunging soul is drowned , While altars blaze , and angels tremble round . While prostrate here in humble ...
Page 542
... soul and will : two things the most self - evident , the existence of our soul , and the freedom of our will . 484. Such as Lucretius drew ] Lib . 1. ver . 57 . Omnis enim per se Divom natura necesse'st Immortali aevo summa cum pace ...
... soul and will : two things the most self - evident , the existence of our soul , and the freedom of our will . 484. Such as Lucretius drew ] Lib . 1. ver . 57 . Omnis enim per se Divom natura necesse'st Immortali aevo summa cum pace ...
Contents
Pastorals I | 1 |
An Essay on Criticism | 17 |
Sappho to Phaon | 40 |
Copyright | |
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