In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
- DMI number:
- 13952
- First Line:
- In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
- Last Line:
- He without hairs and thou without a crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire, Couplet, and Fable
- Themes:
- Domestic life, Politics, and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 181-2.
- Author:
- Sir Charles Sedley
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Pinto (1928) II: 151. Attributed to Sedley on 'doubtful authority.'
- First Line:
- In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
- Last Line:
- He without hair and thou without a crown
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- LIV.
- Poem Title:
- A Fable and Moral, to King William III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixd, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
- Page No(s):
- LXI.
- Poem Title:
- A Fable and Moral, to K. William III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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