Elegant Poems

Elegant Poems: Pope�������s Essay On Man, Blair�������s Grave, Gray�������s Elegy, Goldsmith�������s Traveler, And Deserted Village (1814) is a collection of five classic poems by some of the greatest English poets of the 18th century. The book includes Alexander Pope�������s Essay On Man, a philosophical poem that explores the nature of humanity and its place in the universe. Also included is Robert Blair�������s The Grave, a meditation on death and the afterlife that was immensely popular in its time. Thomas Gray�������s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a melancholic reflection on the lives of ordinary people buried in a rural cemetery. Oliver Goldsmith�������s The Traveler is a poem that celebrates the joys of travel and the beauty of foreign lands, while his Deserted Village laments the loss of a rural community that has been destroyed by modernization. These five poems are considered some of the most elegant and influential works of English literature, and this collection provides readers with a chance to experience their enduring power and beauty.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.