A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

DMI number:

30028

Poem Aliases

Pope. Essay on Man. Epistle 4.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

Last Line:

Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas

Poem Genre / Form:

Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epistle

Themes:

Fame and Virtue / vice[honesty]

Related People

Author:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Essay on Man Epistle IV. Twickenham edition III i.

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First Line:

A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

Last Line:

An honest man's the noblest work of God

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First Line:

A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

Last Line:

But an honest man's the noblest work of God

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.45

Poem Title:

[no title]

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