Man foolish man
- DMI number:
- 21270
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Last Line:
- Which faith had dictated and angels trod
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Biblical paraphrase and Ode
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life and Religion
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears (1971) I: 66-70.
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Last Line:
- So fit as Jacob's ladder was to scale the distant sky
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [ESTC N21693]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-24
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Exercise at St John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [ESTC T53676]
- Page No(s):
- pp.63-66
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Excercise at St. John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [N21691]
- Page No(s):
- pp.65-68
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Exercise at St. John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems moral and philosophical [T62266]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-67
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Exercise at St. John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- Prior. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
Poem Aliases
The Bible. Old Testament. Exodus. Chapter 3 Verse 14.
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