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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON MRS. CORBET, WHO DYED OF A CANCER IN HER BREAST, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here rests a woman, good without pretence Last Line: The saint sustain'd it, but the woman dy'd. Variant Title(s): On Mrs. Corbet Subject(s): Cancer, Breast | |||
Here rests a Woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain Reason and with sober Sense; No Conquests she, but o'er herself desir'd, No Arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd. Passion and Pride were to her soul unknown, Convinc'd, that Virtue only is our own. So unaffected, so compos'd a mind, So firm yet soft, so strong yet so refin'd, Heav'n, as its purest Gold, by Tortures try'd; The Saint sustain'd it, but the Woman dy'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 3. RIDDLE: POST-OP by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 4. MASTECTOMY by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 8. NORMAL by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SELF-EXAMINATION by ELAINE TERRANOVA BEFORE SURGERY by MICHAEL BORICH WOMAN'S BARTER by TAMMY MAE CHAPMAN A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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