How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe
- DMI number:
- 23587
- First Line:
- How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe
- Last Line:
- To rust on medals or on stones decay
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Samuel Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Vanity of Human Wishes. Fleeman (1971): 84.
- Title:
- The Repository [P6328] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.117-120
- Poem Title:
- The Vanity of Human-Wishes (Continued).
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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