Alexander Pope, The Temple of Fame

fame hubris inscription irony poet time

Inscriptions here of various Names I view’d,The greater part by hostile time subdu’d;Yet wide was spread their fame in ages past,And Poets once had promis’d they should last.

Alexander Pope, The Temple of Fame

fame hubris inscription irony poet time

Inscriptions here of various Names I view’d,The greater part by hostile time subdu’d;Yet wide was spread their fame in ages past,And Poets once had promis’d they should last.

Alexander Pope, The Temple of Fame

fame hubris inscription irony poet time

Inscriptions here of various Names I view’d,The greater part by hostile time subdu’d;Yet wide was spread their fame in ages past,And Poets once had promis’d they should last.