This first poetry volume collects Alexander Pope's early verse, including pastorals, translations from Ovid, Chaucer, and Statius, and poems such as Windsor Forest and The Temple of Fame. It shows his polished couplets and engagement with classical and English literary traditions. Listen for its wit, craftsmanship, and reflections on nature, fame, and society.
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Opening of the book
THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. NEW EDITION. INCLUDING SEVERAL HUNDRED UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, AND OTHER NEW MATERIALS. COLLECTED IN PART BY THE LATE RT. HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER. WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES. BY REV. WHITWELL ELWIN. VOL. I. POETRY.—VOL. I. WITH PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1871. [The right of Translation is reserved.] LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF POETRY. PAGE Catalogue of Pope's collected Editions of his Works vii Pope's Memorial List of Relations and Friends ix Advertisement of Warburton To his Edition of Pope's Works xi Introduction xv The Author's Preface 1 Recommendatory Poems 17 Translations 37 The First Book of Statius's Thebais 41 Sappho To Phaon from Ovid 87 The Fable of Dryope from Ovid 104 Vertumnus and Pomona from Ovid 108 January and May, from Chaucer 113 The Wife of Bath, from Chaucer 155 The Temple of Fame 185 Pastorals 231 Discourse of Pastoral Poetry 257 1. Spring, to Sir William Trumbull 265
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