{"id":141,"date":"2010-02-02T20:24:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T20:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=141"},"modified":"2017-07-11T04:18:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:18:57","slug":"solitude-an-ode-alexander-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/solitude-an-ode-alexander-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Solitude: An Ode–Alexander Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alexander Pope (1688-1744)<\/p>\n

Solitude: An Ode by Alexander Pope
\nI.
\nHow happy he, who free from care
\nThe rage of courts, and noise of towns;
\nContented breaths his native air,
\nIn his own grounds.<\/p>\n

II.
\nWhose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
\nWhose flocks supply him with attire,
\nWhose trees in summer yield him shade,
\nIn winter fire.<\/p>\n

III.
\nBlest! who can unconcern’dly find
\nHours, days, and years slide swift away,
\nIn health of body, peace of mind,
\nQuiet by day,<\/p>\n

IV.
\nSound sleep by night; study and ease
\nTogether mix’d; sweet recreation,
\nAnd innocence, which most does please,
\nWith meditation.<\/p>\n

V.
\nThus let me live, unheard, unknown;
\nThus unlamented let me dye;
\nSteal from the world, and not a stone
\nTell where I lye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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