Poets lose half the praise they should have got

DMI number:

10385

Poem Aliases

Waller. On Roscommon's Horace's art of poetry.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Poets lose half the praise they should have got

Last Line:

Could it be seen what they discreetly blot

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet

Themes:

Poetry / literature / writing

Related People

Author:

Edmund Waller

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Upon the Earl of Roscommon's Translation of Horace ('Rome was not better by her Horace taught'). Chalmers (1810) VIII: 69.

Content/Publication

Title:

The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)

Page No(s):

p.69

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

First as to Waller, in these verses

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.69

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

First as to Waller, in these verses

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller