Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPISTLE TO MR. POPE: AUTHORS AND CRITICS, by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With fame in just proportion envy grows Last Line: The fairest fruit, so these the fairest fame. Variant Title(s): Fame And Envy Subject(s): Criticism & Critics; Envy; Fame; Reputation | ||||||||
With fame in just proportion envy grows; The man that makes character makes foes; Slight peevish insects round a genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, To show they live, they flutter and they sting: But by deprecations wasps proclaim The fairest fruit, so these the fairest fame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DEATH AND FAME by ALLEN GINSBERG EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME by ROBERT BROWNING STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON PROVIDE, PROVIDE by ROBERT FROST EPISTLE TO MR. POPE: THE BLACK MILITIA OF THE PEN by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) EXTEMPORE TO VOLTAIRE CRITICISING MILTON by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) |
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