For in much wisdom lies much grief and those
- DMI number:
- 16025
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- For in much wisdom lies much grief and those
- Last Line:
- That increase knowledge but increase their woes
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Education
- Author:
- Alexander Brome
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from A paraphrase upon the first chapter of Ecclesiastes ('Thus said the royal preacher who did spring'). Chalmers (1810) VI: 694. Brome (1661): 196-199.
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.148
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Alex. Brome
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Brome
Poem Aliases
The Bible. Ecclesiastes. Chapter 1.
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