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 292
... Sure never to o'er - shoot , but just to hit , While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go ...
... Sure never to o'er - shoot , but just to hit , While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go ...
Page 524
... sure some bard , to our eternal praise , In twice ten thousand rhyming nights and days , Had reached the work , the all that mortal can ; And South beheld that masterpiece of man . ' ' Oh , ' cried the Goddess , ' for some pedant reign ...
... sure some bard , to our eternal praise , In twice ten thousand rhyming nights and days , Had reached the work , the all that mortal can ; And South beheld that masterpiece of man . ' ' Oh , ' cried the Goddess , ' for some pedant reign ...
Page 531
... sure to bind , We bring to one dead level every mind . Then take him to develop , if you can , And hew the block off , and get out the man . 260 270 255 to 271. Hitherto Aristarchus hath displayed the art of teaching his pupils words ...
... sure to bind , We bring to one dead level every mind . Then take him to develop , if you can , And hew the block off , and get out the man . 260 270 255 to 271. Hitherto Aristarchus hath displayed the art of teaching his pupils words ...
Contents
Pastorals I | 1 |
An Essay on Criticism | 17 |
Sappho to Phaon | 40 |
Copyright | |
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