That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
- DMI number:
- 10469
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
- Last Line:
- To turn agreeably some proper thought
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Wit
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from An essay on poetry. Chalmers (1810) X: 91-94.
- 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):
- pp.250-251
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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):
- pp.250-251
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The art of poetry made easy, [...]: being the seventh volume of the Circle of the sciences [T120153]
- Page No(s):
- p.177
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- The Duke of Buckinghamshire
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.163
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- The Duke of Buckinghamshire
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
Poem Aliases
Buckingham. Essay on poetry.
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