Want can edge wit and sciences inspire
- DMI number:
- 23404
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Want can edge wit and sciences inspire
- Last Line:
- That they must starve who only dream of gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poverty, Sleep[dreams], and Trades / labour[fishermen]
- Translated from:
- Theocritus
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of original poems and translations [ESTC T101302]
- Page No(s):
- pp.162-173
- Poem Title:
- Translation from Theocritus. Idyllium XXI.
- Attribution:
- By a Friend.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Theocritus. Idylls. Idyll 21
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