A skillful ear in numbers should preside
- DMI number:
- 10822
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A skillful ear in numbers should preside
- Last Line:
- Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Wentworth Dillon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from An essay on translated verse. Chalmers (1810) VIII: 261-264.
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)
- Page No(s):
- p.336
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Virgil almost every where expresses some image of the thing
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.336
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Virgil almost every where expresses some image of the thing
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Roscommon. Essay on translated verse.
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