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
- Author:
- Benjamin Stillingfleet
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: Extract from 'An Essay on Conversation' ('The art of converse, how to sooth the soul')
- First Line:
- The art of converse how to soothe the soul
- Last Line:
- That tis not good for man to be alone
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- 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]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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