{"product_id":"pope-poems-isbn-9781101908020","title":"Pope: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardcover Pocket Poets selection of the works of Alexander Pope, the greatest English poet of his age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Pope is one of the most-quoted poets in \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of Quotations;\u003c\/i\u003e he is the source of such immortal gems as \"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,\" \"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,\" and \"To err is human, to forgive, divine.\" Celebrated for his incisive satires, most famously \"The Rape of the Lock\" and \"The Dunciad,\" and for his philosophical verse, including the monumental \"An Essay on Man,\" Pope united irony and wit with deep insight into human nature. His moral vision clothed itself in unparalleled technical excellence; Pope perfected the form of the heroic couplet and gave us a translation of Homer that is a lasting work of art in its own right. This anthology presents a pocket-sized selection of the best work of this major poet.CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOde on Solitude \u003cbr\u003e A Paraphrase on \u003ci\u003eThomas a Kempis \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS\u003cbr\u003e Spenser: The Alley\u003cbr\u003e Earl of Dorset: Artemisia\u003cbr\u003e Earl of Dorset: Phryne \u003cbr\u003e AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM \u003cbr\u003e The Balance of \u003ci\u003eEurope \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WINDSOR-FOREST \u003cbr\u003e Prologue to Mr. Addison’s \u003ci\u003eTragedy of Cato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a Lady who P—st at the \u003ci\u003eTragedy of Cato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two or Three, or a Receipt to make a Cuckold\u003cbr\u003e THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, A HEROI-COMICAL POEM \u003cbr\u003e Epistle to Miss Blount on her leaving the Town after the Coronation\u003cbr\u003e A Farewell to London in the Year 1715\u003cbr\u003e ELOISA TO ABELARD\u003cbr\u003e Answer to the following Question of Mrs. Howe\u003cbr\u003e To Mr. Gay\u003cbr\u003e Mary Gulliver to Capt. Lemuel Gulliver\u003cbr\u003e THE DUNCIAD (Text of First Edition, 1728) \u003cbr\u003e Intended for Sir Isaac Newton, In Westminster-Abbey\u003cbr\u003e On Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, who died in Exile at Paris, 1732\u003cbr\u003e Epitaph (of By-Words)\u003cbr\u003e On Mr Gay in Westminster-Abbey, 1732\u003cbr\u003e A Prologue to a Play for Mr. Dennis’s Benefit, in 1733, when he was old, blind, and in great\u003cbr\u003e Distress, a little before his Death\u003cbr\u003e THE FIRST SATIRE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED AN ESSAY ON MAN\u003cbr\u003e Epistle I \u003cbr\u003e Epistle III \u003cbr\u003e EPISTLES TO SEVERAL PERSONS \u003cbr\u003e Epistle I: To Sir Richard Temple, Lord Cobham \u003cbr\u003e Epistle II: To a Lady\u003cbr\u003e Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot \u003cbr\u003e [Two Epitaphs on Himself ] \u003cbr\u003e For One who would not be buried in Westminster-Abbey \u003cbr\u003e Another, on the same\u003cbr\u003e On his Grotto at Twickenham\u003cbr\u003e Verbatim from Boileau\u003cbr\u003e To Mr. Thomas Southern, on his Birth-day, 1742\u003cbr\u003e Fragment of \u003ci\u003eBrutus\u003c\/i\u003e, an EpicALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744) was an eighteenth-century English poet known for his satirical verse, for his translation of Homer, and for his use of the heroic couplet. Among his best-known works are \"The Rape of the Lock,\" \"An Essay on Criticism,\" and \"The Dunciad.\"\u003cbr\u003eCLAUDE RAWSON is a professor of English at Yale University. He is the author of several books on eighteenth-century writers, as well as numerous articles and reviews in academic journals and in \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems are presented in broadly chronological order, with occasional deviations for the sake of subject grouping. When dates of composition differ significantly from publication dates, both are given, in the form ‘c.1700\/1717’. All poems are printed complete, with the partial exception that Epistles forming part of larger groups (e.g. \u003ci\u003eAn Essay on Man)\u003c\/i\u003e are extracted intheir complete individual form. Pope’s greatest poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad\u003c\/i\u003e, is reproduced in its little-known first formatof 1728, which comes without the prose apparatus added in subsequent versions, and without the late addition of a Fourth Book. This is partly dictated by considerations of space, but also provides a particular opportunity to enjoy the poem in the freshness of its first state. Texts are from the Oxford Standard Authors edition by Herbert Davis of Pope’s \u003ci\u003ePoetical Works\u003c\/i\u003e, 1966.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Claude Rawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eODE ON SOLITUDE*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHappy the man, whose wish and care\u003cbr\u003eA few paternal acres bound,\u003cbr\u003eContent to breathe his native air,\u003cbr\u003e     In his own ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, \u003cbr\u003eWhose flocks supply him with attire,\u003cbr\u003eWhose trees in summer yield him shade,\u003cbr\u003e     In winter fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlest, who can unconcern’dly find\u003cbr\u003eHours, days, and years slide soft away, \u003cbr\u003eIn health of body, peace of mind,\u003cbr\u003e     Quiet by day, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSound sleep by night; study and ease,\u003cbr\u003eTogether mixt; sweet recreation,\u003cbr\u003eAnd innocence, which most does please \u003cbr\u003e    With meditation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus let me live, unseen, unknown;\u003cbr\u003eThus unlamented let me die;\u003cbr\u003eSteal from the world, and not a stone\u003cbr\u003e     Tell where I lie. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ec.1700\/1717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*This was a very early production of our Author, written at about twelve years old.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233483305189,"sku":"NP9781101908020","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101908020.jpg?v=1767734972","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/pope-poems-isbn-9781101908020","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}