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Alas what pains and doubts distract the soul

DMI number:
9575
First Line:
Alas what pains and doubts distract the soul
Last Line:
While fond desires the judgment's choice control
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
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Translated from:
Claudius Quilletus
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
William Diaper
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Extract from Callipaedia. Book IV. (1771, ESTC T77314): 117-168, p. 120, ll. 8-9.
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Page No(s):
p.181
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
From Mr Settle
Attributed To:
Elkanah Settle
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Page No(s):
p.181
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[no title]
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Attributed To:
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Title:
The agreeable variety: being a miscellaneous collection in prose and verse from the works of the most celebrated authors [T61569]
Page No(s):
p.181
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
From Mr Settle
Attributed To:
Elkanah Settle