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Health from the bard who loves the rural sport

DMI number:
22124
Poem Aliases
Horace. Epistles. Book 1 Epistle 10.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Health from the bard who loves the rural sport
Last Line:
Twould be one pleasure more could you appear
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Epistle
Themes:
City, Friendship, and Retirement
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Author:
Christopher Pitt
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) XII: 399. Forster (1980): 62.
Translated from:
Horace
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
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Content/Publication
Title:
The Poetical Calendar. Vol. X. For October. [T146608]
Page No(s):
pp.95-97
Poem Title:
An Epistle to Mr. Spence, in Imitation of Horace, Epist. X. Book I.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. Christopher Pitt]
Attributed To:
Christopher Pitt
Title:
The Student or the Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany [vol I] [T147616] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.313-315
Poem Title:
An Epistle to Mr. Spence, In Imitation of Horace. Epis. X. Book I.
Attribution:
By the late Mr. Christopher Pitt.
Attributed To:
Christopher Pitt