Rome was not better by her Horace taught

DMI number:

4771

Poem Aliases

Waller. On Roscommon's Horace's art of poetry.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Rome was not better by her Horace taught

Last Line:

And wax that does the absent sun supply

Poem Genre / Form:

Panegyric and Couplet

Themes:

Poetry / literature / writing

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Author:

Edmund Waller

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Chalmers (1810) VIII: 69.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems by several hands. [ESTC R38820]

Page No(s):

pp. 1-4

Poem Title:

Of This Translation, And of the Use of Poetry:

Attribution:

By Edmund Waller, Esq;

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

Examen Poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems [N6500]

Page No(s):

pp.4-6

Poem Title:

Of this Translation, And of the Use of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Edmund Waller, Esq;

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

Poems by the Earl of Roscomon. To which is added, An essay on poetry, by the Earl of Mulgrave, now Duke of Buckingham. Together with Poems by Mr. Richard Duke. [T132427]

Page No(s):

pp.176-179

Poem Title:

Of This Translation And of the Use of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Edm. Waller, Esq

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [T95468]

Page No(s):

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

Of This Translation And Of The Use of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Edm. Waller, Esq

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

The works of Mr. Alexander Pope. To which are added, I. Cooper’s-Hill. By Sir John Denham. II. An Essay on Translated Verse... [ESTC T5394]

Page No(s):

p.327-329

Poem Title:

Of This Translation, And of the Use of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Edm. Waller, Esq;

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

Title:

The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [ECCO] [T94652]

Page No(s):

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

Of This Translation, And Of The Use of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Edm. Waller, Esq;

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller