Laugh not too much the witty man laughs least
- DMI number:
- 15589
- First Line:
- Laugh not too much the witty man laughs least
- Last Line:
- But may be witty if thou hast the vein
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sesta rima / ababcc and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- George Herbert
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Church-porch. Wilcox (2007): 56.
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Herbert
- Attributed To:
- George Herbert
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