The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, volume 1
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What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
_P_. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys;So well-bred spaniels civilly delightIn mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.... Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks;Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad!Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad, 320In puns or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that, acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
_P_. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys;So well-bred spaniels civilly delightIn mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.... Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks;Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad!Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad, 320In puns or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that, acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
What to read after The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 to read onlineMoreLess
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