Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled

DMI number:

41875

Poem Aliases

Lucretius. De Rerum Natura. Book 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled

Last Line:

And nature's lavish hands supplies their common wants

Poem Genre / Form:

Philosophic poetry, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

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

Related People

Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Calif. III (1969): 66.

Translated from:

Lucretius

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

Title:

Miscellany poems: in two parts [ESTC R31378]

Page No(s):

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

From Lucretius Book the Fifth.

Attribution:

by Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

Title:

Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R1682]

Page No(s):

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

From Lucretius Book the Fifth.

Attribution:

by Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

Title:

Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R31379]

Page No(s):

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

From Lucretius Book the Fifth.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

Title:

Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R41930]

Page No(s):

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

From Lucretius Book the Fifth.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden