Did gold base wretch corrupt mankind
- DMI number:
- 30358
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Did gold base wretch corrupt mankind
- Last Line:
- Upbraid the passive sword with guilt
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Money / wealth and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Miser and Plutus. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 308-309.
- Title:
- The entertainer; containing great variety of instructive entertainment [Vol I] [T100454]
- Page No(s):
- p.177
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. Miser and Plutus.
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