Oft has this been my wish's utmost bound
- DMI number:
- 25727
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Oft has this been my wish's utmost bound
- Last Line:
- Tares be my food and liberty my lot
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- City, Retirement, and Rural life
- Author:
- Francis Fawkes
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- A longer version of Part of Sat VI. Book II of Horace, Translated. Chalmers (1810) XVI: 275.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Consumed in trifles thus the golden day
- Last Line:
- Tares be my food and liberty my lot
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands [Vol 3] [T52758] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-200
- Poem Title:
- Satire VI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fawkes, Vicar of Orpington, in Kent.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- Title:
- The Works of Horace in English by Several Hands [Vol 2] [T52759] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.252-265
- Poem Title:
- Satire VI...He compares the Cares and Troubles of a Town Life with the Ease and Pleasure of a Country one.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fawkes.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
Poem Aliases
Horace. Satires. Book 2 Satire 6.
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