Ye gods was it man's nature or his fate
- DMI number:
- 17197
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Ye gods was it man's nature or his fate
- Last Line:
- And burns the sacred temples of our minds
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Food and drink[Poison - Intoxication] and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Of Old Age (Part 3). Chalmers (1810) VII: 259-267.
- Title:
- [vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.28
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
Poem Aliases
Denham. Of old age.
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