Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Author

Alexander Pope

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An Essay on Criticism

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 335.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, l. 335.

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Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

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Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 277.

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