That bays to farce sir turns his tragic strain
- DMI number:
- 3043
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- That bays to farce sir turns his tragic strain
- Last Line:
- Should he but smile I'd count their censure praise
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Faithful Memoirs of the Grubstreet Society [T97922] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.134-138
- Poem Title:
- Grubstreet Journal, no 98. The Modern Poets. A Satire in Allusion to the 10th Satire of the First Book of Horace.
- Attribution:
- By a young Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Memoirs of the society of Grub-street [vol 2] [T97941] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.176-180
- Poem Title:
- The Modern Poets, a Satire in allusion to the 10th Satire of Horace, Book the I.
- Attribution:
- By a young Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Horace. Satires. Book 1 Satire 10.
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