When men of infamy to grandeur soar
- DMI number:
- 17381
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When men of infamy to grandeur soar
- Last Line:
- They light a torch to show their shame the more
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Edward Young
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Satire 1. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 382-384.
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- CDXLV.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CDXLV.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.55
- Poem Title:
- On infamous Men in Power.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Young. Satire 1. To Dorset.
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