In wishing nothing we enjoy still most
- DMI number:
- 5484
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- In wishing nothing we enjoy still most
- Last Line:
- Is not in pleasure but in rest from pain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Indian Emperor Act 4 Scene 1. Calif. IX (1967): 77.
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.166
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd. Ind. Emp.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Indian Emperor.
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