Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor prais… - Alexander Pope

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Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.

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Alternative Names: Pope the Poet • Alexander I Pope • Alexander, I Pope

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He is the English Horace,

Order is heaven's first law.

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast,
When husbands, or when lapdogs breathe their last;
Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high,
In glitt'ring dust and painted fragments lie! 160

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. - Alexander Pope

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