See the wild waste of all-devouring years
- DMI number:
- 7446
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- See the wild waste of all-devouring years
- Last Line:
- And praised unenvied by the muse he loved
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 202-4.
- First Line:
- Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
- Last Line:
- And little eagles wave their wings in gold
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [vol I] [T16524] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.287-289
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Addison.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5780] [vol I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.177-180
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition [Vol. 1] [T5782]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-182
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition. [Vol. I] [ECCO] [T5781]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-182
- Poem Title:
- 'Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Sixth Edition [vol. 1] [N1461] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-182
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope (index)
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The works of Mr. Alexander Pope. To which are added, I. Coopers-Hill. By Sir John Denham. II. An Essay on Translated Verse... [ESTC T5394]
- Page No(s):
- p.280-282
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Alexander Pope (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. To Mr Addison occasioned by his dialogues on medals.
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