Filled with the noisome folly of the age
- DMI number:
- 5441
- First Line:
- Filled with the noisome folly of the age
- Last Line:
- Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death[Rochester], High society / the court, Politics, Social order, The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II], and Wit
- Author:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- In The Gyldenstope Manuscript Miscellany (1967), Vieth points out an attribution by Alexander Pope ("probably by the Ld. Dorset") on his copy of A New Collection of Poems Relating to State Affairs (1705). See Benjamin Boyce, 'An Annotated Volume from Pope's Library', Notes & Queries 203 (1958), 55-57, and W. J. Cameron, 'Pope's Annotations on 'State-Affairs' Poems', Notes & Queries 203 (1958), 291-94. Vieth (1968): 234: 'Possibly by Charles Sackville'. POAS II (1965): 218: Dorset's possible authorship mentioned. Harris (1979): 190-9: unconvinced of Sackville's authorship.
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 234: Noted but omitted. Vieth rejects Rochester's authorship in The Gyldenstope Manuscript Miscellany (1967), pp. 361-65. POAS II (1965): 217-218: arguments for Rochester's authorship of some parts of the poem considered, though not accepted. Vivian de Sola Pinto is inclined to attribute parts of the poem to Rochester but evidence is "not very strong" (Poems by Rochester, pp. 230-31).
- First Line:
- Tired with the noisome follies of the age
- Last Line:
- Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Tired with the noisome folly of the age
- Last Line:
- Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Wherever too much sanctity you see
- Last Line:
- Be more suspicious of hid villany
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95468]
- Page No(s):
- pp.118-129
- Poem Title:
- Rochester's Farewell.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I]. [T94652]
- Page No(s):
- pp.118-129
- Poem Title:
- Rochester's Farewell.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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