How vain his boasting and how poor his claim
- DMI number:
- 11852
- First Line:
- How vain his boasting and how poor his claim
- Last Line:
- And joins the assembly of his kindred gods
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Didactic verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Virtue / vice, and War
- Author:
- James Ward
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Translated from:
- Tyrtaeus
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems, original and translated, by several hands. [ESTC T125249]
- Page No(s):
- p.353-357
- Poem Title:
- From the Greek of Tyrtaeus, On Valour.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Ward]
- Attributed To:
- James Ward
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