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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
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Author:
James Ward
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Translated from:
Tyrtaeus
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
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