On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
- DMI number:
- 13485
- First Line:
- On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
- Last Line:
- Thou Croesus rich on earth hast nothing here
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Money / wealth
- Author:
- Samuel Wesley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wesley (1743): 126 ('Epigram, From the Greek', in 'Poems on Several Occasions').
- First Line:
- The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
- Last Line:
- Such crowds are envious and so few are kings
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CCCLXXV.
- Poem Title:
- From the Greek.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixd, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
- Page No(s):
- CCCLXXII.
- Poem Title:
- From the Greek.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [Volume II] [T16524] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- Epigram from the Greek.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems, by several hands [T117257]
- Page No(s):
- p.283
- Poem Title:
- Epigram from the Greek.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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