Sincerest critic of my prose or rhyme
- DMI number:
- 33198
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Horace. Epistles. Book 1 Epistle 4.
- First Line:
- Sincerest critic of my prose or rhyme
- Last Line:
- And Ovid's golden age is but a dream
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Epistle
- Themes:
- Friendship, Retirement, The happy man / contentment, and Politics
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: VERSES To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham . Of Improving the present Time. [from To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham (1729)]
- First Line:
- Sincerest critic of my prose or rhyme
- Last Line:
- And all the golden age is but a dream
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5465] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.165-168
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Lord Cobham, By Mr. Congreve, Being one of the last Copies of Verses he wrote before his Death.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Congreve
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5466] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-164
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Lord Cobham. By Mr. Congreve. Being one of the last Copies of Verses he wrote before his Death.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [N28200]
- Page No(s):
- pp.236-238
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Congreve to Lord Cobham. Of improving the present Time.
- Attribution:
- William Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [T162103] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-239
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Congreve to Lord Cobham. Of improving the present time.
- Attribution:
- William Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
Poem Aliases
Horace
Related People
Related Poems
Content/Publication