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Barber was blessed with competent estate

DMI number:
18656
First Line:
Barber was blessed with competent estate
Last Line:
All wicked wealth will wear as it was won
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet
Themes:
Corruption and Money / wealth
Related People
Author:
Matthew Pilkington
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract w. variants from 'To Pollio' ('Paulo is blest with a immense estate'). Poems on Several Occasions (1731, ESTC T134719): 144-150.
Content/Publication
Title:
An impartial history of the life, character, amours, travels, and transactions of Mr. John Barber [ESTC T27751]
Page No(s):
pp. vii
Poem Title:
The Alderman.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed