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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know the thing that's most uncommon / (envy be silent and attend!) Last Line: The woman 's deaf, and does not hear! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Envy; Modesty; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | |||
[HENRIETTA HOWARD, COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK] I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon (Envy, be silent, and attend); I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warped by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay throug folly; An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible soft melancholy. 'Has she no faults then,' Envy says, 'Sir?' Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman 's deaf, and does not hear! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LINES ON CARMEN SYLVA by EMMA LAZARUS TO CARMEN SYLVA (QUEEN OF ROUMANIA) by EMMA LAZARUS A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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