Download or read book The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 2 written by Alexander Pope and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 2: To Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.' The dog-star rages nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. 'hat walls can guard me, or what shades can h They pierce my thickets, through my grot they g By land, by water, they renew the charge; They stop the chariot, and they board the barge No place is sacred, not the church is flee, E'en Sunday shines no sabbath-day to me; Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rh' Happy to catch me - just at dinner time. Is there a parson, much bemused in beer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.