Wouldst thou be damned at once and perish whole
- DMI number:
- 21888
- First Line:
- Wouldst thou be damned at once and perish whole
- Last Line:
- Trust Blackmore with thy health and Milbourne with thy soul
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Medicine, Personal insults, and Religion
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. VII (2000): 198. [paraphrase of To my Honoured Kinsman, John Dryden, ll.86-7: Wouldst thou be soon dispatchd and perish whole / Trust Maurus with thy Life, and M-lb-rn with thy soul.]
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- p.348
- Poem Title:
- On a Physician and Parson, who had both abus'd him.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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