Ah Posthumus the years of man
- DMI number:
- 42089
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Ah Posthumus the years of man
- Last Line:
- Which makes the abbots fat
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Ode, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Hell[Roman underworld.], Hopelessness / vanity of life, and Time
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Sir Richard Fanshawe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Ode XIV. To Posthumus'. Fanshawe (1652): 22.
- Title:
- The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
- Page No(s):
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIV. ... To Posthumus. That Death cannot be avoided.
- Attribution:
- By R. F.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Fanshawe
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 2 Ode 14.
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