Tis true my lord I gave my word
- DMI number:
- 25754
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis true my lord I gave my word
- Last Line:
- But you may read it I stop short
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epistle
- Themes:
- Money / wealth, Patronage, and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Seventh epistle of the first book of Horace. Twickenham edition IV.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Not considered by Swift Poems Project - attribution is here because Pope quotes from Swift's imitation of Horace I.7 at the end; in other versions the whole poem is included (see T52758).
- First Line:
- Tis true my lord I gave my word
- Last Line:
- Pray leave me where you found me first
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Several Hands [Vol 2] [T52759] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.381-384
- Poem Title:
- The Same Epistle Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope and Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan SwiftAlexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Horace. Epistles. Book 1 Epistle 7.
Pope. Seventh epistle of the first book of Horace.
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