Contented men no disappointment dread
- DMI number:
- 30377
- First Line:
- Contented men no disappointment dread
- Last Line:
- They find a cloud in their deluded arms
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Moral, Proverbs / gnomic verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Fable XI. The Dog and Shadow' (The Moral). Select Fables (1708), I: 14-15.
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- XVI. Avarice knows no Bounds; or, All covet, all lose.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- XVI. Avarice knows no Bounds; or, All cover, all lose.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T128069] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.159-160
- Poem Title:
- XVI. Avarice knows no Bounds; or, All covet all lose.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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