Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk
- DMI number:
- 22770
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk
- Last Line:
- Wit that can creep and pride that licks the dust
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces, Personal insults, and Wit
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Epistle to Arbuthnot. Twickenham edition IV.
- First Line:
- Shut shut the door good John fatigued I said
- Last Line:
- Thus far was right the rest belongs to heaven
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- p.187
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Epistle to Arbuthnot.
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