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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... Thou Cibber ! thou , his laurel shalt support , Folly , my son , has still a friend at court . Lift up your gates , ye princes , see him come ! Sound , sound ye viols , be the catcall dumb ! Bring , bring the madding bay , the drunken ...
... Thou Cibber ! thou , his laurel shalt support , Folly , my son , has still a friend at court . Lift up your gates , ye princes , see him come ! Sound , sound ye viols , be the catcall dumb ! Bring , bring the madding bay , the drunken ...
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... thou , my Cibber , e'er Shouldst wag a serpent - tail in Smithfield Fair ! Like the vile straw that's blown about ... thou the warbling Polypheme to roar , And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before ! To aid our cause , if heaven ...
... thou , my Cibber , e'er Shouldst wag a serpent - tail in Smithfield Fair ! Like the vile straw that's blown about ... thou the warbling Polypheme to roar , And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before ! To aid our cause , if heaven ...
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... thou , CHESTERFIELD ! a tear refuse , Thou wept'st , and with thee wept each gentle muse . When lo ! a harlot form soft sliding by , With mincing step , small voice , and languid eye ; Foreign her air , her robe's discordant pride In ...
... thou , CHESTERFIELD ! a tear refuse , Thou wept'st , and with thee wept each gentle muse . When lo ! a harlot form soft sliding by , With mincing step , small voice , and languid eye ; Foreign her air , her robe's discordant pride In ...
Contents
Pastorals I | 1 |
An Essay on Criticism | 17 |
Sappho to Phaon | 40 |
Copyright | |
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