I hate the man who builds his name
- DMI number:
- 23405
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I hate the man who builds his name
- Last Line:
- To wither envy pine and fade
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Personal insults and Scandal / fame / notoriety
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 362-363.
- First Line:
- As in the cool of early day
- Last Line:
- You die with envy I with love
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [4th ed] [vol ii] [T127408] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.306-307
- Poem Title:
- The Poet and the Rose. 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.306-307
- Poem Title:
- The Poet and the Rose, 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.306-307
- Poem Title:
- The Poet and the Rose, A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.172-173
- Poem Title:
- XLVI. The Poet and the Rose.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.172-173
- Poem Title:
- XLVI. The Poet and the Rose.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
Poem Aliases
Gay. Poet and the rose.
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