Of all the fools these fertile times produce
- DMI number:
- 8638
- First Line:
- Of all the fools these fertile times produce
- Last Line:
- Yet I have sense to know this is stark naught
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing and Wit
- Author:
- Edward Ward
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Opening lines echo those of Edward Ward (LION: 'The Character of a certain rattling Whig' in 'The Poetical Entertainer' (1722))
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 230: Noted but omitted.
- Title:
- Remains of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester. [T195177]
- Page No(s):
- pp.84-90
- Poem Title:
- Scandal Satyr'd.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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