He who denies himself what nature craves
- DMI number:
- 7861
- First Line:
- He who denies himself what nature craves
- Last Line:
- But meet and centre in one fatal end
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Moral and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Fable XXIII. The Miser and his Bags' (The Moral). Select Fables (1708), I: 126-127.
- First Line:
- A miser who insatiate thirst of gain
- Last Line:
- Who by our means will have his soul and yours
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [July-September 1711]
- Page No(s):
- p.280
- Poem Title:
- The Moral
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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