Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
- DMI number:
- 13373
- First Line:
- Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
- Last Line:
- Nor force him to be damned to get his living
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Age, Money / wealth, and Poetry / literature / writing[Hacks / Grub Street]
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 101.
- Author:
- Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'Uncertain attribution' c. f. Keith.
- Author:
- Joseph Addison
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 102 notes Addison might be a possible co-author.
- Author:
- Sir Richard Steele
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 102 notes Steele might be a possible co-author.
- Dedicatee:
- Thomas D'Urfey
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
- Last Line:
- Nor force him to be damned to get his living
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T202847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, design'd for Mr Durfy's last Play.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T39475]
- Page No(s):
- pp.175-176
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, design'd for Mr. Durfy's last Play.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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