Get Alexander Pope Gif. The odyssey of homer (1725). Alexander pope is generally regarded as the greatest english poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of homer.

He is the third most frequently quoted. From the book 'gallery of portraits' published london 1833. The cambridge edition of the great english englightenment poet contains his verse as well as famous translations from homer and others.

Alexander pope, english poet, was born in lombard street, london, on the 21st of may 1688.

When he was small, the family moved, apparently first to hammersmith. Pope, with john dryden, exemplified the neoclassical adherence to forms and traditions, based on classical texts of ancient greece and rome, that was characteristic of his age. Alexander pope and edith turner. Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault i see, that mercy i to others show, that mercy show to me.