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EPISTLE TO JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ; SECRETARY OF STATE, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A soul as full of worth, as void of pride Last Line: If not, 'tis I must be ashamed of you. Subject(s): Craggs, James (1657-1721) | ||||||||
A soul as full of Worth, as void of Pride, Which nothing seeks to show, or needs to hide, Which nor to Guilt, nor Fear, its Caution owes, And boasts a Warmth that from no Passion flows; A Face untaught to feign! a judging Eye, That darts severe upon a rising Lye, And strikes a blush thro' frontless Flattery. All this thou wert; and being this before, Know, Kings and Fortune cannot make thee more. Then scorn to gain a Friend by servile ways, Nor wish to lose a Foe these Virtues raise; But candid, free, sincere, as you began, Proceed -- a Minister, but still a Man; Be not (exalted to whate'er degree) Asham'd of any Friend, not ev'n of Me. The Patriot's plain, but untrod path pursue; If not, 'tis I must be ashamed of You. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ.; IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE 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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