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Our brawny clowns of old who turned the soil

DMI number:
1745
First Line:
Our brawny clowns of old who turned the soil
Last Line:
And at each other homely taunts they threw
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet
Themes:
Rural life
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Calif. IV (1974): 31. [from D’s trans of a section of Horace, in the Discourse on Satire]
Content/Publication
Title:
Fables and other Short Poems
Page No(s):
f. 17
Poem Title:
A Description of the Antient Rustical Entertainments of the Romans
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed