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Taught by long miseries we find

DMI number:
12284
First Line:
Taught by long miseries we find
Last Line:
And pain like pleasure is but dream
Poem Genre / Form:
Moral and Couplet
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
Related People
Author:
Samuel Wesley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Wesley (1743): 14 ('Moral', from 'The Cobler', in 'Poems on Several Occasions').
Author:
William Meston
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Source for attribution unknown.
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Title:
A collection of merry poems [N27710] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.75
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p.34
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Title:
The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]
Page No(s):
pp.158-159
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Title:
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Page No(s):
p.176
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Title:
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Page No(s):
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