The Works of Alexander Pope (1717)

by Alexander Pope

 

THE

WORKS

OF

Mr. POPE.

 

THE

WORKS

OF

Mr. ALEXANDER POPE.

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CICERO pro ARCH.

Hæc studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant; secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium & solatium præbent; delectant domi, non impediunt foris; pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.

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LONDON:

Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot
between the Temple-Gates. 1717.

 

THE

TABLE.

Preface (not in original TOC)
PASTORALS.
A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry,		p. 1.
⁠Spring, the first Pastoral,		p. 11.
⁠Summer, the second Pastoral,		p. 18.
⁠Autumn, the third Pastoral,		p. 24.
⁠Winter, the fourth Pastoral,		p. 30.
Messiah, a sacred Eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio,		p. 36.
WINDSOR-FOREST,
To the Right Honourable George Lord Lansdown,		p. 47.
	ESSAY on CRITICISM,	p. 73.
The RAPE of the LOCK,
An Heroi-comical Poem. The first Canto,		p. 121.
⁠The second Canto,		p. 130.
⁠The third Canto,		p. 138.
⁠The fourth Canto,		p. 148.
⁠The fifth Canto,		p. 158.
	The TEMPLE of FAME,	p. 167.
TRANSLATIONS.
January and May, or the Merchant's Tale, from Chaucer		p. 199.
The Wife of Bath, from Chaucer,		p. 245.
Sapho to Phaon, an Epistle, from Ovid,		p. 271.
Vertumnus and Pomona, from the fourteenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis,		p. 287.
The Fable of Dryope, from the ninth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis,		p. 294.
The first Book of Statius his Thebais,		p. 301.
Part of the thirteenth Book of Homer's Odysseis,		p. 349.
The Gardens of Alcinous, from the ninth Book of Homer's Odysseis,		p. 365.
MISCELLANIES.
Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day		p. 371
Two Chorus's to the Tragedy of Brutus, not yet publick,		p. 373.
Chorus of Athenians,		ibid.
Chorus of Youths and Virgins,		p. 382.
Verses to the memory of an unfortunate Lady,		p. 385.
To Mr. Jervas, with Fresnoy's Art of Painting, translated by Mr. Dryden,		p. 390.
To a young Lady, with the Works of Voiture,		p. 395.
To the same, on her leaving the Town after the Coronation,		p. 400.
On a Fan of the Author's design, in which was painted the story of Cephalis and Procris, with the Motto, Aura veni,		p. 403.
On Silence, in imitation of the style of the late E. of R.		p. 404.
Epitaph,		p. 407.
Prologue to Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Cato,		p. 408.
Epilogue to Jane Shore,		p. 411.
Occasion'd by some Verses of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham,		p. 414.
Eloisa to Abelard, an Epistle,		p. 415.