Accept a miracle instead of wit
- DMI number:
- 33960
- First Line:
- Accept a miracle instead of wit
- Last Line:
- See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 436: 'doubtful authorship'.
- First Line:
- Accept a miracle instead of wit
- Last Line:
- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- Written on Glass with the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond Pencil.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Lord Chesterfield's witticisms; or, the grand pantheon of genius, sentiment and taste [T101773] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.110
- Poem Title:
- Written Extempore...upon a Pane of Glass, with the Earl of Chesterfield's Pencil.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Lord Chesterfield's witticisms; or, the grand pantheon of genius, sentiment and taste [T169947] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Written Extempore ... upon a Pane of Glass, with the Earl of Chesterfield's Pencil.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The new theatre of fun [T116718] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Written Extempore ... upon a Pane of Glass, with the Earl of Chesterfield's Pencil.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Wit a-la-mode; or, Lord Chesterfield's witticisms [T101784] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Written Extempore ... upon a Pane of Glass, with the Earl of Chesterfield's Pencil.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
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