Who shall decide when doctors disagree
- DMI number:
- 12325
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Who shall decide when doctors disagree
- Last Line:
- And sad Sir Balaam curses god and dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and Money / wealth
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Moral Essays, Epistle III To Bathurst. Twickenham edition III ii.
- First Line:
- But all our praises why should lords engross
- Last Line:
- The wretch who living saved a candle's end
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- But all our praises why should lords engross
- Last Line:
- Will never mark the marble with his name
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Who shall decide when doctors disagree
- Last Line:
- And fame this lord of useless thousands ends
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, a chosen collection [N21151]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-24
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope. [on title-page]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 3. To Bathurst.
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