The Rape of the Lock
by Alexander Pope
Buy on AmazonI remember the ecstasy of lying in a pool of sunlight and reading for the first time Pope's "Rape of the Lock," which I found beautifully crafted and devastatingly funny.
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"I remember the ecstasy of lying in a pool of sunlight and reading for the first time Pope's "Rape of the Lock," which I found beautifully crafted and devastatingly funny."
By the Book: Edmund White · nytimes.com