As on the ground a persian lay
- DMI number:
- 30237
- First Line:
- As on the ground a persian lay
- Last Line:
- Thus merit shines and envy dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Daniel (the elder) Bellamy
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bellamy (1740) II: 224.
- First Line:
- Envy will merit as its shade persue
- Last Line:
- Reflect new glories and augment the day
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- Page No(s):
- p.163
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXX. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with lessons of morality in verse and prose [ESTC T175731]
- Page No(s):
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- The Persian, the Cloud, and the Sun.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T128069] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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