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The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes

The book is a comprehensive compilation of Alexander Pope's poetry, featuring a detailed memoir of the poet's life, critical essays that provide insight into his work, and explanatory notes that clarify difficult passages and historical context. more

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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope, an English poet, was born on May 21, 1688, and died on May 30, 1744. He is renowned for his wit, satire, and elegant poetry, with his most famous works including 'An Essay on Criticism' and 'The Moral Essays'. Pope's works have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy, both in his time and today. more

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“Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.”

“Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.”

“Horses (thou say'st) and asses men may try, And ring suspected vessels ere they buy; But wives, a random choice, untried they take; They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake; Then, nor till then, the veil's removed away, And all the woman glares in open day.”

“What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a wife, The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life; A bosom serpent, a domestic evil, A night invasion, and a mid-day devil; Let not the wise these sland'rous words regard, But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.”