The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1
This first volume of an 1856 edition of The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope opens with a life of the poet and then gathers much of his best known verse, with the variations found in his manuscripts. It contains the Pastorals and Messiah, An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, the Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, the Imitations of English Poets, The Temple of Fame, Eloisa to Abelard, epistles and epitaphs, An Essay on Man, the Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot and the Imitations of Horace. Polished and witty, these poems show Pope's mastery of the heroic couplet, from mock-epic comedy to moral philosophy and biting satire. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first poems are free.
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