Who can forbear and tamely silent sit
- DMI number:
- 3768
- First Line:
- Who can forbear and tamely silent sit
- Last Line:
- And say in scorn he had no brains to beat
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Triplet and Satire
- Themes:
- Dunces and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Brown (1715) I: 141-143. Boys (1949): 119.
- Title:
- Commendatory verses on the author of the two arthurs and the satyr against wit [R29312]
- Page No(s):
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- An Epitome of a Poem, truly call'd, A Satyr against Wit; done for the Undeceiving of some Readers, who have mistaken the Panegyrick in that Immortal Work for the Satyr and the Satyr for the Panegyrick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Commendatory verses or a step towards a poetical war [N2250]
- Page No(s):
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- An Epitome of a Poem, truly call'd, A Satyr against Wit; done for the Undeceiving of some Readers, who have mistaken the Panegyrick in that Immortal Work for the Satyr, and the Satyr for the Panegyrick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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