Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
- DMI number:
- 19754
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
- Last Line:
- Direct to St James's and takes up the seals
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Occasional poem, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Retirement, Rural life, The happy man / contentment, Ambition, and Politics
- Author:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Browne (1768): 125-128. Lonsdale (1984): 403-4. Forster (1980): 43.
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. IV] [T64452]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side; a Pastoral Soliloquy: On the E---- of G------ taking the S--ls.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. IV] [T64453]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side; a Pastoral Soliloquy: On the E---- of G------ taking the S--ls.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Several Hands [Vol 2] [T52759] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.8-11
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Another Hand.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IX. For September. [T146608] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- pp.14-16
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side: A Parody on the Second Epode of Horace.
- Attribution:
- By Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
- Title:
- The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IX. For September. [T146609]
- Page No(s):
- pp.14-16
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side: A Parody on the Second Epode of Horace.
- Attribution:
- By Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands [Vol 2] [T52758] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.281-284
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. On the late Earl of Granville's taking the Seals.
- Attribution:
- By Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 5 Ode 2.
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