I grant corruption sways mankind
- DMI number:
- 37041
- First Line:
- I grant corruption sways mankind
- Last Line:
- Time serving tools not friends are bought
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 410-414.
- First Line:
- Does justice or the client's sense
- Last Line:
- From every hand alike perswades
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-214
- Poem Title:
- LX. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts. To a Modern Politician.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-214
- Poem Title:
- LX. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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