Of things in which mankind does most excel
- DMI number:
- 1427
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Of things in which mankind does most excel
- Last Line:
- Succeed where Spenser and Torquato fail
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of An essay on poetry. Chalmers (1810) X: 91-94.
- First Line:
- Of things in which mankind does most excel
- Last Line:
- Succeed where Torquato and our great Spenser fail
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems by the Earl of Roscomon. To which is added, An essay on poetry, by the Earl of Mulgrave, now Duke of Buckingham. Together with Poems by Mr. Richard Duke. [T132427]
- Page No(s):
- pp.297-317
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Afterwards Marquess of Normanby, Now Duke of Buckingham, and Lord President of the Council.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [12 Theta 1321]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-38
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Poetry
- Attribution:
- Collected under Sheffield's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
Poem Aliases
Buckingham. Essay on poetry.
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