“I must own that the prose part (the Thought on Various Subjects), at the end of the second volume, was wholly mine. January, 1734”
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–1717), The Dunciad (1728–1743), and for his translations of Homer.
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culture · English poet (1688–1744) · poet · literary historian · translator · writer · philosopher · satirist · also Alexander Pope, Alexander, I Pope, Alexander I Pope, Pope the Poet, Pope
Born 21 May 1688 · Died 30 May 1744 · Q164047
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“Were it to have nymphs as well – it would be complete in everything.”
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1744· 4 entries
Died 1744-05-30.
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“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light.”
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“To err is human, to forgive divine.”
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“Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.”
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1738· 1 entry
“Epigram. Engraved on the Collar of a Dog, which I gave to His Royal Highness”
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1721· 1 entry
“Epistle to Robert, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer”
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1720· 1 entry
“Epitaph on the Hon. S. Harcourt”
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1688· 1 entry
Born 1688-05-21.
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