Occasioned By Some Verses of His Grace the Duke of Buckingham

Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)



Muse, 'tis enough: at length thy labour ends,
And thou shalt live, for Buckingham commends.
Let Crowds and Critics now my verse assail,
Let Dennis write, and nameless numbers rail:
This more than pays whole years of thankless pain;
Time, health, and fortune are not lost in vain.
Sheffield approves, consenting Phoebus bends,
And I and Malice from this hour are friends.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 372
Words 64
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, as well as for his translation of Homer. more…

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