Hail happy land whose fertile grounds
- DMI number:
- 31923
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Hail happy land whose fertile grounds
- Last Line:
- The spunger on the public died
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Patriotism / glory of the British nation and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 406-410.
- First Line:
- Hail happy land whose fertile grounds
- Last Line:
- His own hath rightly understood
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Nature expects mankind should share
- Last Line:
- The spunger on the public died
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools the fourth edition [ESTC T132703]
- Page No(s):
- pp.204-209
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable...To my native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.206-210
- Poem Title:
- LIX. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. To my Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.206-210
- Poem Title:
- LIX. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. To my Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces [ESTC T175134] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.213-218
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools [ESTC T118165] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.274-279
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools third edition [ESTC T118166] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.204-209
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable...To my native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-26
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable.... To My Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-22
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable. [Gay.] To My Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-22
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable. [Gay.] To My Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-22
- Poem Title:
- The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. A Fable. [Gay.] To My Native Country.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
Poem Aliases
Gay. Man, the cat, the dog, and the fly.
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