Poetic Openings : Alexander Pope to Ezra Pound

Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Rape Of The Lock: Canto 1 : First Line : Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos;
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Rape Of The Lock: Canto 2 : First Line : Not with more glories, in th' etherial plain,
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Rape Of The Lock: Canto 3 : First Line : Close by those meads, for ever crown’d with flow’rs,
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Rape Of The Lock: Canto 4 : First Line : But anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress’d,
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Rape Of The Lock: Canto 5 : First Line : She said: the pitying audience melt in tears,

Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : The Riddle Of The World : First Line : Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : Two Or Three: A Recipe To Make A Cuckold : First Line : Two or three visits, and two or three bows,
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : Universal Prayer : First Line : Father of all! In every age,
Poet : Alexander Pope : Poem : You Know Where You Did Despise : First Line : You know where you did despise
Poet : Ezra Pound : Poem : A Girl : First Line : The tree has entered my hands,