Impromptu, to Lady Winchelsea poem – Alexander Pope

A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period

In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore,

And cite those Sapho’s we admire no more:

Fate doom’d the Fall of ev’ry Female Wit,

But doom’d it then when first Ardelia writ.

Of all Examples by the World confest,

I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;

Who, like her Mistress on Britannia’s Throne;

Fights, and subdues in Quarrels not her own.

To write their Praise you but in vain essay;

Ev’n while you write, you take that Praise away:

Light to the Stars the Sun does thus restore,

But shines himself till they are seen no more.

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• Morning Poem #6 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #59 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #43 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #40 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #39 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #39 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Morning Poem #1 by Wanda Phipps by Poetry In English
• Your Voice by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• The Land Beyond the Rainbow by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Old Homeless Man by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Ode to Poetry by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Ode to Mother Nature by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Mother Nature by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Me, The Wind and the Old Shadow by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Lonely Nights by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Life by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• It’s Beautiful to See Through the Eyes of the Sky by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• In The Name of Eternal Love by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• In the Name of Eternal Love by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Immigrant by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English

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