How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
- DMI number:
- 7253
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
- Last Line:
- On dice and drink and drabs they spend their afternoon
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue, Satire, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. IV (1974): 239-77.
- Translated from:
- Persius
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, and several other eminent hands. together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. [ESTC R12345]
- Page No(s):
- pp.5-16
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend, or Monitor
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, and several other eminent hands. Together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. [ESTC R227253]
- Page No(s):
- pp.404-19
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123245]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-247
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123248]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-265
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123505]
- Page No(s):
- pp.416-429
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123512]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-247
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123528]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-247
- Poem Title:
- The First Saryr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T123534]
- Page No(s):
- pp.341-355
- Poem Title:
- The First Satyr. In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse [T47106]
- Page No(s):
- pp.238-247
- Poem Title:
- Persius. The First Satyr...The First Satyr: In Dialogue betwixt the Poet and his Friend or Monitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Persius. Satire 1.
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