Survey mankind observe what risks they run
- DMI number:
- 33188
- First Line:
- Survey mankind observe what risks they run
- Last Line:
- And fighting stroll from wake to wake for bread
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life and The happy man / contentment
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [T162103] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [N28200]
- Page No(s):
- p.110
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- I paraphrased thus... [letter is from 'Lord Bolingbroke to Dr. Swift']
- Attributed To:
- Henry St John
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