Some things admit of mediocrity
- DMI number:
- 10373
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Some things admit of mediocrity
- Last Line:
- Allow of any mean in poesy
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Wentworth Dillon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Horace's Art of poetry. Chalmers (1810) VIII: 272-276.
- 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.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- my lord Roscommon
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- 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.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- my lord Roscommon
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
Poem Aliases
Roscommon. Horace's Art of poetry.
Horace. Art of Poetry.
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