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The hermit's solace in his cell

DMI number:
6980
First Line:
The hermit's solace in his cell
Last Line:
The mad man's sport the wise man's pain
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Quatrain abab
Themes:
Philosophical enquiry
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Author:
Ambrose Philips
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Segar (1937): 132. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 125.
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A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
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CDLXX.
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