Is pride's original but nature's grave
- DMI number:
- 5503
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Is pride's original but nature's grave
- Last Line:
- But if his safety he consults it dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts[honour]
- Author:
- Sir Samuel Garth
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- With the exception of the first line, this is an extract from The Dispensary (Canto 3). Chalmers (1810) IX: 431-446.
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Garth. Dispensary.
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