Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground.
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Let me leave unseen and unknown and feel the taste of solitude. A great ode to solitude..... timeless!
A thought provoking rendition nicely embellished with poetic rhyme and rhythm. A work of an intricate mind......
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown oh that line gets me you are not the only one mr
Excellently created, wonderously worded,5 Stars Full for the famous Alexander Pope, truly enjoyed this poem
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me dye; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lye........// beautiful solitude feelings// greatly written
The Pastoral genre dates back to the Greeks, and no doubt beyond.
Ideals as innocent as these expressed by Alexander Pope''s 'Ode On Solitude' are made complex for me by their antithesis, as expressed in the greater body of his worldly satire. I love the poem, just as I love watching 'Escape to the Country' from the comforts of my city home: long may the Pastoral genre continue to be.
Typo: live