A beautiful hardcover Pocket Poets selection of the works of Alexander
Pope, the greatest English poet of his age.
Alexander Pope is one of the most-quoted poets in The Oxford Dictionary
of Quotations; he is the source of such immortal gems as Fools rush in
where angels fear to tread, A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and
To err is human, to forgive, divine. Celebrated for his incisive
satires, most famously The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad, and for his
philosophical verse, including the monumental An Essay on Man, Pope
united irony and wit with deep insight into human nature. His moral
vision clothed itself in unparalleled technical excellence; Pope
perfected the form of the heroic couplet and gave us a translation of
Homer that is a lasting work of art in its own right. This anthology
presents a pocket-sized selection of the best work of this major poet.