I've often wished that I had clear
- DMI number:
- 37167
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I've often wished that I had clear
- Last Line:
- A crust of bread and liberty
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, Narrative verse, and Fable
- Themes:
- Animals, City, Money / wealth, Poverty, Rural life, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Imitation of the sixth satire of the second book of Horace. Twickenham edition IV.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Imitation of the sixth satire of the second book of Horace. Twickenham edition IV. Swift Poems Project, 198P
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.76-82
- Poem Title:
- The Misery of a Town-Life, and the Happiness of a Country-one; exemplified in the Story of the Town-Mouse and Country-Mouse.
- Attribution:
- Swift and Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan SwiftAlexander Pope
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Misery of a Town-Life, and the Happiness of a Country-one; exemplified in the Story of the Town-Mouse and Country-Mouse. Imitated from Horace. [Swift and Pope.]
- Attribution:
- Swift and Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan SwiftAlexander Pope
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Misery of a Town-Life, and the Happiness of a Country-One; exemplified in the Story of the Town-Mouse and Country-Mouse. Imitated from Horace. [Swift and Pope.]
- Attribution:
- Swift and Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan SwiftAlexander Pope
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Misery of a Town-Life, and the Happiness of a Country-One; exemplified in the Story of the Town-Mouse and Country-Mouse. Imitated from Horace. [Swift and Pope.]
- Attribution:
- Swift and Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan SwiftAlexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Horace. Satires. Book 2 Satire 6.
Pope/Swift. Imitation of the sixth satire of the second book of Horace.
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