O wretched man in what a mist of life
- DMI number:
- 5490
- First Line:
- O wretched man in what a mist of life
- Last Line:
- And craves no more than undisturbed rest
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius; Calif. III (1969): 46 [undisturbed delight]
- Translated from:
- Lucretius
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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