At a higher level, very happy about Pope's last verse (8)
I believe the answer is:
elevated
'at a higher level' is the definition.
'very happy about pope's last verse' is the wordplay.
'very happy' becomes 'elated' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'last' says to take the final letters.
'verse' becomes 'v'.
The final letter of 'pope' is 'e'.
'e'+'v'='ev'
'elated' placed around 'ev' is 'ELEVATED'.
(Other definitions for elevated that I've seen before include "of high status" , "Of high moral value" , "in high place" , "Brought" , "Raised up as to peerage" .)