Of things in which mankind does most excel

DMI number:

39616

First Line:

Of things in which mankind does most excel

Last Line:

Succeed where Torquato and our great Spenser fail

Poem Genre / Form:

Essay and Couplet

Themes:

Poetry / literature / writing

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Author:

John Sheffield

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Chalmers (1810) X: 91-94.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]

Page No(s):

pp.163-172

Poem Title:

An Essay on Poetry.

Attribution:

By the Duke of Buckinghamshire.

Attributed To:

John Sheffield