English poem
On A Certain Lady At Court
by Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
I KNOW a thing that 's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent and attend!) I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour; Not grave through pride, nor gay through folly; An equal mixture of good-humour And sensible soft melancholy. 'Has she no faults then (Envy says), Sir?' Yes, she has one, I must aver: When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
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- Ode On St. Cecilia's Day
- Ode To Quinbus Flestrin, The Man Mountain,[87] By Titty Tit, Poet-Laureate To His Majesty Of Lilliput. Translated Into English.
- Of a Lady Singing to Her Lute.
- Of the Characters of Women
- On A Fan Of The Author's Design
- On a Fan of the Author's Design, in Which Was Painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, With the Motto, 'aura Veni.'
- On An Old Gate. Erected In Chiswick Gardens.
- On Bentley's 'Milton.'