Forbear my dear Ste with fruitless desire

DMI number:

40388

Poem Aliases

Horace. Odes. Book 1 Ode 11.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Forbear my dear Ste with fruitless desire

Last Line:

And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts

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Author:

John Hervey

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Suarez (1997) VI: 395.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 4] [T116246] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.113

Poem Title:

An imitation of the eleventh Ode of the First Book of Horace.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Lord Hervey]

Attributed To:

John Hervey