Immodest words whatever the pretence
- DMI number:
- 10400
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Immodest words whatever the pretence
- Last Line:
- Always want decency and often sense
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Wentworth Dillon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from An essay on translated verse. Chalmers (1810) VIII: 261-264.
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- My lord Roscommon declares himself of the same opinion... in the following words
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- My lord Roscommon declares himself of the same opinion... in the following words
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
Poem Aliases
Roscommon. Essay on translated verse.
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