If thou a guest on a joined-stool canst sup

DMI number:

42193

Poem Aliases

Horace. Epistles. Book 1 Epistle 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

If thou a guest on a joined-stool canst sup

Last Line:

Thy clients bobbed out at the back door glide

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Epistle

Themes:

Entertainments / pastimes and Food and drink

Related People

Translated from:

Horace

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Author:

Sir Richard Fanshawe

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Epist. V. To Torquatus'. Fanshawe (1652): 86-87.

Content/Publication

Title:

The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]

Page No(s):

pp.323-324

Poem Title:

Epistle V. ... To Torquatus.

Attribution:

By Sir R. F.

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Fanshawe