>If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.Do you think it's true? I thought his Aeneid was pretty mid compared to Pope's Iliad, and I didn't really feel that he has better highs.
I do think he has a point about how passionate Dryden can be. Pope's pretty nice-and-easy; clearly a master, but not given to passion.
