As dogs of Nilus drink a snatch and gone

DMI number:

17192

Poem Aliases

Aleyn. Battle of Crescey.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

As dogs of Nilus drink a snatch and gone

Last Line:

Sweets must be tasted and not glutted on

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work, Verse-drama, and Couplet

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts and Animals[Dogs]

Related People

Author:

Charles Aleyn

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Battaile of Crescey. Aleyn (1633).

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.27

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aleyn's Crescey

Attributed To:

Charles Aleyn