BOOK III.--THE CLASSIC AGE

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CHAPTER SEVENTH The Poets

Section I.--The Domination of the Classical Spirit Section II.--Alexander Pope.--His Education and Mode of Life Section III.--Eloisa to Abelard.--The Rape of the Lock.--The Dunciad Section IV.--Pope's Descriptive Talent.--His Didactic Poems Section V.--The Poets Prior, Gay, and Thomson Section VI.--The Beginnings of the Modern Age