Commend but sparingly whom thou dost love

DMI number:

17273

Poem Aliases

Denham. Of Prudence.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Commend but sparingly whom thou dost love

Last Line:

And too sharp censure shows an evil tongue

Poem Genre / Form:

Advice, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts and Friendship

Related People

Author:

Sir John Denham

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Of Prudence. Chalmers (1810): 254-257.

Content/Publication

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.42

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Denham

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham