The farmer came the hooting guest
- DMI number:
- 1769
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The farmer came the hooting guest
- Last Line:
- Fools in derision follow fools
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The owl and the farmer. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 356-357.
- First Line:
- An owl of grave deport and mien
- Last Line:
- Fools in derision follow fools
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Fables and other short poems [II]
- Page No(s):
- f. 12r
- Poem Title:
- The Owl and the Farmer
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. Owl and the farmer.
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