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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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The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
The Rape of the Lock (1712)
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.
Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend.
Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows.
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine.
And mistress of herself, though china fall.
Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
Ye little stars, hide your diminish'd rays.
Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.
Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
Yet eat in dreams, the custard of the day.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
The right divine of kings to govern wrong.
The race by vigour, not by vaunts, is won.
The Dunciad (1728)
When the brisk minor pants for twenty-one.
Condition, circumstance is not the thing.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
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