Name: Alexander Pope Selected Poetry
ISBN: 9780140585087

Alexander Pope

Douglas Grant (edited by)

[Comedic context, I think, but could be applied seriously in some contexts]

O thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and too soon elate.

, that lean’d on Heav’n before, / Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.

[came across to me that the “thy” refers to the people who have wealth rather than providing a reflection on the general idea of wealth]

Oh Impudence of wealth! with all thy store, / How dar’st thou let one worthy man be poor?

Couplet rhyming was refreshing. Along with his wisdom and humor.