Censure will blame her breath was ever spent
- DMI number:
- 30210
- First Line:
- Censure will blame her breath was ever spent
- Last Line:
- Must live obscure and never merit praise
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Moral and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extracts from Epistle IV. To the Right Honourable Paul Methuen ('That 'tis encouragement makes Science spread'). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 215-217.
- First Line:
- An elephant in days of yore
- Last Line:
- Envy's a sharper spur than pay
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. II. Merit creats Envy
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. II. Merit creates Envy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T128069] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. II. Merit creates Envy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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