The surest method ancient wits could find
- DMI number:
- 11334
- First Line:
- The surest method ancient wits could find
- Last Line:
- Tis application only makes the ass
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Prologue
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing, Scandal / fame / notoriety, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Matthew Concanen
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Concanen (1722): 30-32.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems, original and translated, by several hands. [ESTC T125249]
- Page No(s):
- p.72-74
- Poem Title:
- A Prologue: Written by the same Hand, and spoken on the same Stage, by Mr. Giffard.
- Attribution:
- Written by the same Hand [i.e. Concanen]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Concanen
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