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

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early ...

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 (12 November 1655 – 17 March 1736), was an eighteenth-century English bookseller and publisher. Tonson published editions of John Dryden and John Milton, and is best known for hav ...

'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)
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