I long in silence have your orders heard

DMI number:

25729

Poem Aliases

Horace. Satires. Book 2 Satire 7.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I long in silence have your orders heard

Last Line:

And to eight whoreson lubbers add a ninth

Poem Genre / Form:

Dialogue, Satire, and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Virtue / vice and Advice / moral precepts

Content/Publication

Title:

The Works of Horace in English by Several Hands [Vol 2] [T52759] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.266-278

Poem Title:

Satire VII. A Dialogue between Horace and his Slave. That every Man is a Slave, who is under the Controul of his Passions.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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