Tis true my lord I gave my word
- DMI number:
- 26682
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis true my lord I gave my word
- Last Line:
- Pray leave me where you found me first
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Composite poem, 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:
- pp.62-65 contain Pope's Seventh epistle of the first book of Horace. Twickenham edition IV.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- pp.65-70 contain Swift's Part of the seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace, Imitated, (Swift Poems Project, 170-). The text is continuous with Pope's poem (which in other versions stops after quoting the first line).
- First Line:
- Harley the nation's great support
- Last Line:
- Pray leave me where you found me first
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Tis true my lord I gave my word
- Last Line:
- But you may read it I stop short
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands [Vol 4] [T52758] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.62-70
- 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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