The bard who pilfered pastoral's renown
- DMI number:
- 22470
- First Line:
- The bard who pilfered pastoral's renown
- Last Line:
- And owned that nine such poets made a Tate
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 283-5.
- First Line:
- If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill
- Last Line:
- Who would not weep if A---n were he
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill
- Last Line:
- Who would not weep if A--n were he
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- p.89
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
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