Contents

• Preface
• On Mr. Pope and his Poems, By his Grace John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham
• To Mr. Pope, by the Right Honourable Anne Countess of Winchelsea
• To Mr. Pope on his Pastorals by Mr. Wycherley
• To Mr. Pope on his Windsor-Forest by Fr. Knapp
• To Mr. Pope, In imitation of a Greek Epigram on Homer by T. Parnell
• To Mr. Pope, on the publishing his Works by Simon Harcourt
• THE TABLE
  • PASTORALS
    • A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry, p. 3
    • 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’ to the Tragedy of Brutus, not yet publick, p. 379
    • 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