Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
- DMI number:
- 22407
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
- Last Line:
- And little eagles wave their wings in gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Thing-poem, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Objects[medals] and Time
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from To Mr Addison. Twickenham edition VI: 202-4.
- First Line:
- See the wild waste of all-devouring years
- Last Line:
- And praised unenvied by the muse he loved
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. To Mr Addison occasioned by his dialogues on medals.
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