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“Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle II, To a Lady”

Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle II, To a Lady (1735) Inferred

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) · 1735

InferredMargaret Fuller engages with Alexander Pope's *Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle II, To a Lady*, quoting the line "cursed with every granted prayer." Found within Fuller's passionate reflections on Giuseppe Mazzini, this allusion suggests a complex sorrow; the fulfillment of desires, though seemingly fortunate, carries unforeseen negative consequences, mirroring the sentiment expressed in Pope's portrayal of human folly.

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe

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Preserved in the Memoirs (1852)

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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

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“I feel profoundly for Mazzini: at moments I am tempted to say, '— Cursed with every granted prayer,' — so cunning is the daemon.”

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.

Inferred Margaret Fuller engages with Alexander Pope's “Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle II, To a Lady”, quoting the line "cursed with every granted prayer." Found within Fuller's passionate reflections on Giuseppe Mazzini, this allusion suggests a complex sorrow; the fulfillment of desires, though seemingly fortunate, carries unforeseen negative consequences, mirroring the sentiment expressed in Pope's portrayal of human folly.