For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

DMI number:

33129

Poem Aliases

Horace. Epistles. Book 1 Epistle 18.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

Last Line:

Let fools and madmen scramble for the rest

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation (in the style of...), Couplet, and Epistle

Themes:

Religion and The happy man / contentment

Related People

Translated from:

Horace

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Author:

William of Bangour Hamilton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract (with variants) from Horace, Book I, Epistle XVIII ('Dear Ramsay if I know thy soul aright'). Chalmers (1810) XV: 640-643.

Content/Publication

Title:

Miscellaneous poems. On religious, moral, and entertaining subjects: collected from the best English authors. [N4203] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.133

Poem Title:

Imitation of the Conclusion of Horace's 1st Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed