Note 8 — Chapter II · ENGLISH SATIRE FROM DRYDEN TO BYRON

Byron particularly emphasizes the correctness and moral tone of Pope: he is “the most perfect of our poets and the purest of our moralists” (Letters, v., 559); “his moral is as pure as his poetry is glorious” (Letters, v., 555); “he is the only poet that never shocks” (Letters, v., 560).