How weak how vain is human pride
- DMI number:
- 23349
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- How weak how vain is human pride
- Last Line:
- For different tastes please different vermin
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice, Hopelessness / vanity of life, and Manners
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earthworm ('Laura methinks you're over nice'). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 434-438.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [2nd ed] [T127413] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.49-52
- Poem Title:
- The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [3rd ed] [39 parts] [T112124] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.49-52
- Poem Title:
- The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [4thed] [T199384] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.49-52
- Poem Title:
- The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [T125628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.49-52
- Poem Title:
- The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. The ravens, the sexton, and the earthworm.
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