What's the worth of any thing
- DMI number:
- 10447
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- What's the worth of any thing
- Last Line:
- But as much money as 'twill bring
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Money / wealth and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Samuel Butler
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Hudibras. Wilders (1967): 113 (II, i), ['For what is worth']
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)
- Page No(s):
- p.227
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'for they seem of Hudibras's opinion,'
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.227
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'for they seem of Hudibras's opinion,'
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
Poem Aliases
Butler. Hudibras.
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