Let all the common rout of books stand by

DMI number:

6500

Poem Aliases

Sprat. Upon the poems of Abraham Cowley.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Let all the common rout of books stand by

Last Line:

Had need of lungs and forehead both of brass

Poem Genre / Form:

Ode and Panegyric

Themes:

Poetry / literature / writing

Related People

Author:

Thomas Sprat

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Variant of Upon the poems of Abraham Cowley ('Let all this meaner rout of books stand by'). Chalmers (1810) IX: 326-

Related Poems

First Line:

Let all this meaner rout of books stand by

Last Line:

Had need of brazen lungs and forehead too

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Oxford and Cambridge miscellany poems [T145730]

Page No(s):

pp.97-111

Poem Title:

A Pindarick Ode. By Dr. Sprat, now Bishop of Rochester, when he presented Cowley's Poems to Wadham College in Oxford.

Attribution:

By Dr. Sprat, now Bishop of Rochester

Attributed To:

Thomas Sprat