How vain are mortal man's endeavours
- DMI number:
- 2003
- First Line:
- How vain are mortal man's endeavours
- Last Line:
- Runs the same track it went before
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Conversation poem and Couplet
- Themes:
- Manners, Death, High society / the court[Statesmen compared to monkeys], and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 285-287.
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Swift Poems Project, Y20- ('Doubtfully by Swift')
- First Line:
- How vain are mortal man's endeavours
- Last Line:
- Runs the same tract it went before
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The Last Volume [**query: possible duplicate record]
- Page No(s):
- pp.283-285
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnunki's: A Tale. Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T173801]
- Page No(s):
- pp.283-285
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T202847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.264-266
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T39475]
- Page No(s):
- pp.241-243
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T172697] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.229-232
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T204336] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.356-359
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasioned by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T39473] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.229-232
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasion'd by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T39474]
- Page No(s):
- pp.283-285
- Poem Title:
- The Quidnuncki's: A Tale. Occasioned by the Death of the Duke Regent of France.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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