"The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest."
English poet, translator, and satirist Alexander Pope was born #OTD in 1688.
He is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translations of Homer.
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