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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE EDITION OF MR. POPE'S WORKS WITH A COMMENTARY & NOTES, by THOMAS EDWARDS Poet's Biography First Line: In evil hour did pope's declining age Last Line: Dragged to oblivion by the foundering weight. Subject(s): Hate; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | |||
In evil hour did Pope's declining age, Deceived and dazzled by the tinsel show Of wordy science and the nauseous flow Of mean, officious flatteries, engage Thy venal quill to deck his laboured page With ribald nonsense, and permit to strew Amidst his flowers, the baleful weeds that grow In the unblessed soil of rude and rancorous rage. Yet this the avenging muse ordainéd so, When, by his counsel or weak sufferance, To thee were trusted Shakespeare's fame and fate: She doomed him down the stream of time to tow Thy foul, dirt-loaded hulk, or sink perchance, Dragged to oblivion by the foundering weight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CULTURAL EVOLUTION; AFTER POPE by CAROLYN KIZER IMITATION OF POPE: A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIES by WILLIAM BLAKE IN ANSWER TO MR. POPE by ANNE FINCH ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT MR. POPE by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE EPITAPH by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU VERSES ADDRESSED TO IMITATOR OF FIRST SATIRE OF HORACE by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 10. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ON ... POPE'S WORKS by MARK AKENSIDE ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 10. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ON ... POPE'S WORKS by MARK AKENSIDE SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS |
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