As Rochfoucault his maxims drew
- DMI number:
- 19383
- First Line:
- As Rochfoucault his maxims drew
- Last Line:
- Methinks you may forgive his ashes
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Friendship, Manners, Memory, Scandal / fame / notoriety, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D. S. P. D.' Swift Poems Project, 553- See also headnote in The Complete Poems ed. Rogers: this version is described by him as version (4).
- First Line:
- In Pope I cannot read a line
- Last Line:
- Have I not reason to detest them
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- We all behold with envious eyes
- Last Line:
- His brother write as well as he
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.106-115
- Poem Title:
- Dr. Swift's Verses on his own Death
- Attribution:
- Dr. Swift
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-35
- Poem Title:
- Swift's Verses on his own Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. II]
- Page No(s):
- pp.36-49
- Poem Title:
- Swift's Verses on his own Death.
- Attribution:
- Swift's Verses...
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The muse in good humour: or a collection of comic tales (vol. 2) [T41631]
- Page No(s):
- pp.36-49
- Poem Title:
- Swift's Verses on his own Death.
- Attribution:
- Swift's Verses...
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
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