The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean
- DMI number:
- 22531
- First Line:
- The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- But may piss out as well the last conflagration
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 233: Noted but omitted.
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'A Satire on Marriage'. Brown (1715) I: 64-65. Vieth (1968): 233: 'By Tom Brown'.
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- Judge you as you please but I scorn for to flatter
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- Judge you as you please but I scorn to flatter
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- I could say much more but here ends this chapter
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- I could say much more but here ends the chapter
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Theatre of Wit [ESTC T116740] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- A Satire on Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tho. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
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