A stag caught young and tamely bred
- DMI number:
- 30279
- First Line:
- A stag caught young and tamely bred
- Last Line:
- For custom conquers fear and shame
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Daniel (the elder) Bellamy
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bellamy (1740) II: 228.
- First Line:
- As a young stag a thicket past
- Last Line:
- For custom conquers fear and shame
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Avoid with care | All close engagements in love's fatal war
- Last Line:
- The fair one that deliberates is lost
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- Page No(s):
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXVII. The Tame Stag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXI. The Tame Stag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXI. The Tame Stag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T128069] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.115
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXI. The Tame Stag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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