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The rays of wit gild wheresoever they strike

DMI number:
30964
First Line:
The rays of wit gild wheresoever they strike
Last Line:
That cheer the strong and pain the weaker sight
Poem Genre / Form:
Essay, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Sestet aabbcc
Themes:
Wit
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Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
LION: Extract from 'An Essay on Conversation' ('The art of converse, how to sooth the soul')
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Last Line:
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Extract Of/Extracted In
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Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.129
Poem Title:
[no title]
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Not attributed