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1688–1744 England
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.
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Ah, ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast,
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began
Windsor Forest (1713)
Of all affliction taught a lover yet,
Eloisa to Abelard (1717)
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild;
Epitaph on Gay (1733)
Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? in every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
What thin partitions sense from thought divide.
And the touch'd needle trembles to the pole.
The enormous faith of many made for one.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Atheists put on a false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.
Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)
Men some to business, some to pleasure take;
Ah, friend! to dazzle let the vain design;
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Who knows but He, whose hand the lightning forms.
Ah ne'er so dire a Thirst of Glory boast,
An Essay on Criticism (1711)
When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)
Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest,
Where are those troops of poor, that throng'd of yore
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