How happy lives the man how sure to charm
- DMI number:
- 23106
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- How happy lives the man how sure to charm
- Last Line:
- For women choose their men like silks for show
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment and Fashion
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from An epistle to the right honourable William Pulteney ('Pult'ney methinks you blame my breach of word'). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 208-214.
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T128599] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- The Happy Beau: Or the Lady's Favourite.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T176192] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- The Happy Beau: Or the Lady's Favourite.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. Epistle to Pulteney.
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