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Hail learned bard who dost thy power dispense

DMI number:
41855
First Line:
Hail learned bard who dost thy power dispense
Last Line:
And scorn the fools that want the sense to learn
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Encomium
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts, Biblical history, Glories of past ages, Health, Nature, and Virtue / vice
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Author:
Aphra Behn
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Todd (1992) I: 179-80.
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellany, being a collection of poems by several hands [ESTC R3358] [EEBO]
Page No(s):
pp.252-256
Poem Title:
On The Author Of That Excellent Book Intituled The way to Health, Long Life, and Happiness
Attribution:
By Mrs. A. B.
Attributed To:
Aphra Behn