The Rape of the Lock, And Other Poems of Alexander Pope;
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That casting-weight Pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess ?
The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown.
Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown,° 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear.
And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year; He who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, f c.
100 EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left ; 185 And he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a me...aning : And he whose fustian's so sublimel}^ bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad: All these my modest satire bade translate, 190 And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate.°- How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe !
And swear not Addison himself was safe.
°Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires, 195 Bless'd with each talent and each art to please.
And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, 200 And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; 205 Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, 210 And sit attentive to his own applause : While Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
That casting-weight Pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess ?
The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown.
Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown,° 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear.
And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year; He who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, f c.
100 EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left ; 185 And he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a me...aning : And he whose fustian's so sublimel}^ bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad: All these my modest satire bade translate, 190 And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate.°- How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe !
And swear not Addison himself was safe.
°Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires, 195 Bless'd with each talent and each art to please.
And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, 200 And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; 205 Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, 210 And sit attentive to his own applause : While Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ?
What to read after The Rape of the Lock, And Other Poems of Alexander Pope;?
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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