Sunday, November 8, 2009

FYI

"The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely blest."

~Alexander Pope on alchemy, from Essay on Man (ep. II, l. 269)

I'm not going to lie and tell you this is one of my favorite quotes by Pope, but this mention in the commentary is interesting. All Kinbote tells you is that it is a 'Popian line' that the reader can look up in any college library. He really doesn't tell you any more than that. Thanks again Kinbote, you are ever so helpful.

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