Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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• OF Mans First Disobedience, and the
  FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal
  tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our
  woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater
  ManRestore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
  Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret topOf
  Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspireThat Shepherd,
  who first taught the chosen Seed,In the
  Beginning how the Heav'ns and EarthRose out of
  Chaos Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and
  Siloa's Brook that flow'dFast by the Oracle of
  God I thenceInvoke thy aid to my adventrous
  Song,That with no middle flight intends to
  soarAbove th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues
• Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme.
• Paradise Lost, 1.1-16

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What dire Offence from am'rous Causes
springs,What mighty Contests rise from trivial
Things,I sing-This verse to CARYL, Muse! is
dueThis, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to
viewSlight is the Subject, but not so the
Praise,If She inspire, and He approve, my
Lays. Say what strange Motive, Goddess! cou'd
compelA well-bred Lord t'assault a gentle
Belle?Oh say what stranger Cause, yet
unexplor'd,Cou'd make a gentle Belle reject a
Lord?In tasks so bold, can little Men
engage,And in soft Bosoms, dwell such mighty
Rage? Sol through white Curtains shot a tim'rous
Ray,And ope'd those Eyes that must eclipse the
DayNow Lap-dogs give themselves the rouzing
Shake,And sleepless Lovers, just at Twelve,
awake Rape of the Lock, 1.1-16
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• Some Echoes of Paradise Lost in The Rape of the
  Lock
• 1.1-12 Epic invocations
• 1.23-44
• 1.105-14
• 2.11-18
• 2.29-34
• 2.73-100
• 3.147-52
• 4.11-24
• 5.71-74

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