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When men of infamy to grandeur soar

DMI number:
17381
Poem Aliases
Young. Satire 1. To Dorset.
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
Related People
Author:
Edward Young
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Satire 1. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 382-384.
Content/Publication
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