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Born in May 21, 1688 / Died in May 30, 1744 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Alexander Pope

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The Dunciad: Book I.

...   Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, ...

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On the Countess of Burlington Cutting Paper

... Jove frown'd, and, "Use," he cried, "those eyes ...

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Sandys Ghost ; A Proper Ballad on the New Ovid's Metamorphosis

... "Then Lords and Lordlings, 'Squires and Knights, ...

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Lines Written in Windsor Forest

... Stock thou may'st buy and sell, but always lose, ...

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Summer - The Second Pastoral; or Alexis

...   But see, the shepherds shun the noon-day heat, ...

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Sappho to Phaon (Ovid Heroid XV)

... Grief chill'd my breast, and stopp'd my freezing blood ...

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An Essay on Man: Epistle III

... charity:All must be false that thwart this one great end,And all of God, that bless mankind or mend ...

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An Essay on Man: Epistle IV

... were thy foes,Shall then this verse to future age pretendThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ...

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The Iliad, Book VI

... fame:While pleas'd amidst the gen'ral shouts of Troy,His mother's conscious heart o'erflows with joy ...

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The Iliad, Book XII

... than the brave,For lust of fame I should not vainly dareIn fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war ...

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Pastorals

... rs above,But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain,The wond'ring forests soon should dance again ...