Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM IN BEHALF OF MR. SOUTHERNE, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Argyle his praise, when southerne wrote Last Line: They'll fit no man alive. Subject(s): Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746); Southern, Thomas | ||||||||
Argyle his Praise, when Southerne wrote, First struck out this, and then that Thought; Said this was Flatt'ry, that a Fault. How shall your Bard contrive? My Lord, consider what you do, He'll lose his Pains and Verses too; For if these Praises fit not You, They'll fit no Man alive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MR. SOUTHERN by JOHN DRYDEN A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON MAN by ALEXANDER POPE COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY by ALEXANDER POPE ELOISA TO ABELARD by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S DEATHBED by ALEXANDER POPE |
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