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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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Be silent always when you doubt your Sense.
I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets.
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope (1717)
Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown;
The Temple of Fame (1711)
I am his Highness' Dog at Kew;
To err is human, to forgive divine.
An Essay on Criticism (1711)
At every trifle scorn to take offence;
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
Judges and senates have been bought for gold;
The garlands fade, the vows are worn away;
Pastorals (1709)
Virtuous and vicious every man must be,
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn,
Pastorals (1709)
Party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many, for the gain of a few.
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
Till tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.
In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame.
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