Fond of one art most men the rest forego
- DMI number:
- 30933
- First Line:
- Fond of one art most men the rest forego
- Last Line:
- And sneer at Europe's fate and Britain's power
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Octet aabbccdd
- Themes:
- Patriotism / glory of the British nation and Virtue / vice[vanity]
- Author:
- William Whitehead
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'On Ridicule'. Chalmers (1810) XVII: 206-208.
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- Vanity
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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