Whether alone or in the harlot's lap

DMI number:

25263

First Line:

Whether alone or in the harlot's lap

Last Line:

To be thy lord take one and one refuse

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet

Themes:

Money / wealth and Virtue / vice

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Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Fifth Satire of Persius ('Of ancient use to poets it belonged'); Calif. IV (1974): 337-9.

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Of ancient use to poets it belongs

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Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap

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To be the lord take one and one refuse

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Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap

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To be thy lord take one and one refuse

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Content/Publication

Title:

Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T163762]

Page No(s):

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Dryden's Translation

Attributed To:

John Dryden