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Ah Posthumus the years of man

DMI number:
42089
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 2 Ode 14.
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
Related People
Translated from:
Horace
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Ode XIV. To Posthumus'. Fanshawe (1652): 22.
Content/Publication
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