Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald
- DMI number:
- 3071
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald
- Last Line:
- Oh save the salary and drink the sack
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 327: probably by Pope.
- Title:
- Certain Epigrams in Laud and Praise of the Gentlemen of the Dunciad [T28995] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Epigram XII. On the Candidates for the Laurel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Faithful Memoirs of the Grubstreet Society [T97922] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Grubstreet Journal, No 45. On the Candidates for the Laurel. An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Memoirs of the society of Grub-street [vol 1] [T97941] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.223-224
- Poem Title:
- On the Candidates for the Laurel. An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Pope. On the candidates for the laurel.
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