English poem
On An Old Gate. Erected In Chiswick Gardens.
by Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
O gate, how cam'st thou here? Gate. I was brought from Chelsea last year, Batter'd with wind and weather. Inigo Jones put me together; Sir Hans Sloane Let me alone: Burlington brought me hither.
More by Alexander Pope
- Of the Characters of Women
- On A Certain Lady At Court
- 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 Bentley's 'Milton.'
- On Certain Ladies
- On Drawings Of The Statues Of Apollo, Venus, And Hercules, Made For Pope By Sir Godfrey Kneller.
- On Her Leaving The Town After The Coronation.[74]