Old Aesop so famous was certainly right
- DMI number:
- 33393
- First Line:
- Old Aesop so famous was certainly right
- Last Line:
- That your majesty's grace should not understand trap
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Animals, Poetry / literature / writing, and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- John Byrom
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XV: 195.
- Title:
- A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- Page No(s):
- pp.144-145
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXX. Congress of Beasts for Chusing a King.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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