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The greatest gifts that nature does bestow

DMI number:
12941
First Line:
The greatest gifts that nature does bestow
Last Line:
It dies in rags and scarce deserves a name
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Couplet
Themes:
The happy man / contentment and Nature
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Author:
Thomas Parnell
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Rawson and Lock (1989): 329-330; 'should perhaps be regarded as to some extent doubtfully TP's' (596).
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The greatest gift that nature does bestow
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Content/Publication
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 3] [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.212
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
By Dr. Parnell.
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
Title:
Pancharis Queen of Love: or, Woman Unveil'd. [1st ed] [T71521]
Page No(s):
pp.46-47
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Parnell]
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
Title:
Pancharis, queen of love: or, the art of kissing: in all its varieties. Made English from the Basia of Bonefonius. By several hands. [2nd ed] [ESTC T71503]
Page No(s):
pp.45-46
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Parnell]
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell