But thus the horse at first bites at the bit
- DMI number:
- 14379
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- But thus the horse at first bites at the bit
- Last Line:
- That after is content to play with it
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Samuel Daniel
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Civil Wars (Book 4). Chalmers (1810) III: 455-519.
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Daniel
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Daniel
Poem Aliases
Daniel. Civil Wars.
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