Tis best the middle way to keep
- DMI number:
- 12103
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis best the middle way to keep
- Last Line:
- Contract your sails nor trust the wind
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Philosophic poetry, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts[Moderation of desire - Patience]
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- William Oldisworth
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- LION
- Title:
- A Miscellaneous Collection of Poems, Songs and Epigrams. By several Hands (vol. 2) [T106190] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.228-229
- Poem Title:
- Translation of Horace, Book II. Ode 10.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 2 Ode 10.
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