THE

WORKS

ALEXANDER POPE, Efq.

VOLUME VI.

BEING

The Second of his LETTERS.

EDINBURGH:

Printed for J. BALFOUR.
MDCC LX IV.

CONTENTS

O F

LETTER

LETTERS to and from Mr Gay, &c.
From 1712 to 1732.

I. The author's opinion of Mr Gay's merit and
modesty.

11. His defire to do him fervice, and advice as to
the fludy of poetry.

JII. Concerning painting; Mr Gay's poem of the Fan.
IV. To Mr Gay on his return to Hanover after
the Queen's death. Advice about politics.

V. After the death of the author's father, and the
fale of his eftate. Mr Gay's poem to Mr
Lowndes, and his expectations at Court.

VI. From Mr Gay at Bath; on the remarkable death
of two lovers by lightning, with their Epitaph.
VII. To Mr Gay at Bath; the commitment of the
Bishop of Rochefer to the Tower.

VIII. Of difappointments from great men: Friends

Commemorated.

IX. Afurances of remembrance in absence.

X. XI. XII. To Mr Gay in a dangerous fickness.
XIII. On his recovery, and Mr Congreve's death.