''Pastorals'' were some of the first poetical works of

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...

to appear in print, when they were published in the sixth part of

Jacob Tonson Jacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the Elder (1655–1736), was an eighteenth-century English bookseller and publisher. Tonson published editions of John Dryden and John Milton, and is best known for having obtained a copyright ...

's ''Poetical Miscellanies'' on 2 May 1709.Gordon 2003.''Britannica''. However, the ''Pastorals'' had been written earlier, in 1704, when the author was sixteen.

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* Gordon, Ian (11 March 2003)
"Pastorals"
''The Literary Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
"Pastorals , work by Pope"
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

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