But you who seek to give and merit fame
- DMI number:
- 30637
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- But you who seek to give and merit fame
- Last Line:
- And mark that point where sense and dulness meet
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Sestet aabbcc
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Critics / criticism, and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Essay on Criticism. Twickenham edition I.
- First Line:
- But you who seek to give and merit fame
- Last Line:
- Would all but stoop to what they understand
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.197
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Essay on Criticism.
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