Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled

DMI number:

5562

Poem Aliases

Lucretius. Book 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled

Last Line:

And nature's lavish hand supplies their wants

Poem Genre / Form:

Philosophic poetry, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

Children[newborns and infants.], Nature, and Philosophical enquiry

Related People

Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Calif. III (1969): 66.

Translated from:

Lucretius

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

Title:

Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]

Page No(s):

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

[no title]

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