Oh happy swains did they know how to prize
- DMI number:
- 21928
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Paraphrase: Virgil, Georg. II, 458-459.
- First Line:
- Oh happy swains did they know how to prize
- Last Line:
- And anvils rung with scythes and shares alone
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Georgic and Couplet
- Themes:
- Joyfulness / happiness, Nature, and Rural life
- Author:
- Edmund Burke
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Burke's authorship discussed by Elias.
- Title:
- Poems on Several Occasions [T42624]
- Page No(s):
- pp.15-22
- Poem Title:
- O fortunatos nimium, &c. paraphras'd
- Attribution:
- By a young Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Virgil. Georgics. Book 2.
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