“A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.”
Book:Poetical works
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Poetical works
This compilation includes a diverse range of poems, showcasing the author's poetic style and thematic concerns across various genres and historical periods. more
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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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“There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.”
“Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.”
Source: An Essay on Criticism
“Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notes on Each Poem
“What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.”
Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke
“Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.”
“Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.”
Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials
“The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With memoir, critical diss., and explanatory notes. The text ed. by C.C. Clarke
“Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Six Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton