On what foundation stands the warrior's pride
- DMI number:
- 23588
- First Line:
- On what foundation stands the warrior's pride
- Last Line:
- By interest prudence and by flattery pride
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Samuel Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Vanity of Human Wishes. Fleeman (1971): 87-91.
- Title:
- The Repository [P6328] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.153-157
- Poem Title:
- The Vanity of Human-Wishes. (Continued and concluded.)
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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