Curse on all wealth till gold begot offence
- DMI number:
- 17468
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Curse on all wealth till gold begot offence
- Last Line:
- Nor waste thy life in love of slippery gain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Epistle
- Themes:
- Money / wealth
- Author:
- Aaron Hill
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants of A dialogue between Damon and Philemon concerning the preference of riches to poverty ('Accursed gold till thou begottest offence'). Works (1753) IV: 283-292.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations by several hands [T127363]
- Page No(s):
- pp.135-137
- Poem Title:
- Damon to Philemon.
- Attribution:
- Those of Damon, by the late Mr. Marshall Smith
- Attributed To:
- Marshall Smith
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations. By several hands. [T154710]
- Page No(s):
- pp.135-137
- Poem Title:
- Damon to Philemon.
- Attribution:
- Those of Damon, by the late Mr. Marshall Smith
- Attributed To:
- Marshall Smith
Poem Aliases
Hill. Dialogue between Damon and Philemon concerning the preference of riches to poverty.
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