Seeing aright we see our woes
- DMI number:
- 5544
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Seeing aright we see our woes
- Last Line:
- The only wretched are the wise
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 109 (Extract from 'To the Honourable Charles Montague' ('Howe'er, tis well that while mankind')).
- First Line:
- However tis well that while mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- However tis well that whilst mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.160
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.184
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
Poem Aliases
To the Honorable Charles Montagu.
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