Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A LADY WHO P-SSED AT THE TRAGEDY OF CATO, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While maudlin whigs deplored their cato's fate Last Line: For that road leads directly to the heart. Subject(s): Cato The Younger (95-46 B.c.); Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
OCCASION'D BY AN EPIGRAM ON A LADY WHO WEPT AT IT While maudlin Whigs deplor'd their Cato's Fate, Still with dry Eyes the Tory Celia sate, But while her Pride forbids her Tears to flow, The gushing Waters find a Vent below: Tho' secret, yet with copious Grief she mourns, Like twenty River-Gods with all their Urns. Let others screw their Hypocritick Face, She shews her Grief in a sincerer Place; There Nature reigns, and Passion void of Art, For that Road leads directly to the Heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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