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
- 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).
- First Line:
- A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame
- Last Line:
- And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The greatest gift that nature does bestow
- Last Line:
- And motion always ceases with the breath
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- 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
- Title:
- Pancharis, queen of love; or, the art of kissing: in all its varieties. Made English from the Basia of Bonefonius. By several hands. [Dublin] [ESTC T170315] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Parnell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
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