Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
- DMI number:
- 39953
- First Line:
- Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
- Last Line:
- The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Manners and Religion[Janenism.]
- Translated from:
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Tis true then you're of roaring weary grown
- Last Line:
- And take again the plague of plagues your wife
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143903]
- Page No(s):
- p.194
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143904]
- Page No(s):
- p.194
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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