Of an old fig-tree once the trunk was I
- DMI number:
- 42176
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Of an old fig-tree once the trunk was I
- Last Line:
- And made them run from one more weak than they
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, Thing-poem, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Objects[Priapus carving.], Supernatural, and Humour, jokes
- Author:
- Alexander Brome
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Harold F. Brooks, 'Contributors to Brome's Horace', Notes and Queries, 174 (1938), 200-1 (p. 200).
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
- Page No(s):
- pp.231-234
- Poem Title:
- Satyr VIII. ... A Discovery of Witchcraft.
- Attribution:
- By A. B.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Brome
Poem Aliases
Horace. Satires. Book 1 Satire 8.
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