This poet asked, "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" in an poem attacking Lord Hervey as "Sporus."
This poet asked, "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" in an poem attacking Lord Hervey as "Sporus." This writer penned the phrases "A little learning is a dangerous thing: / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring" and "to err is human, to forgive divine" in one of his works. This author of the "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" wrote an epic poem in which guardian sylphs such as Brillante and Ariel appear; that work by this author centers upon Lord Petre's theft of a snippet of Belinda's hair. For 10 points, identify this English poet, known for using elegiac couplets in poems like Essay on Man and The Rape of the Lock.
This poet asked, "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" in an poem attacking Lord Hervey as "Sporus."
Alexander Pope