The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- DMI number:
- 7109
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- Judge you as you please but I scorn to flatter
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 233: Noted but omitted.
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'A Satire on Marriage'. Brown (1715) I: 64-65. Vieth (1968): 233: 'By Tom Brown'.
- First Line:
- The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Last Line:
- But may piss out as well the last conflagration
- 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 the chapter
- 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:
- 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 for to flatter
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of miscellany poems, letters &c. [ESTC R15161]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 32-4
- Poem Title:
- Avis sur a Mariage.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Brown's name.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- Title:
- A collection of miscellany poems, letters &c. By Mr. Brown, &c. [R31629]
- Page No(s):
- pp.32-34
- Poem Title:
- Avis sur a Mariage
- Attribution:
- Collected under Brown's name.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- Title:
- A new years gift for batchelors: or, a looking glass for cuckolds [T225979]
- Page No(s):
- n. p.
- Poem Title:
- A Satir on Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brown
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol II] [T64796 ]
- Page No(s):
- pp.311-312
- Poem Title:
- P.S. The Verses sent in the same Letter.
- Attribution:
- Collected within Tom Brown's remains
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol II] [T64784]
- Page No(s):
- pp.299-300
- Poem Title:
- P. S. The Verses sent in the same Letter.
- Attribution:
- Collected within Tom Brown's remains
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- Title:
- Miscellany poems upon several occasions: consisting of original poems [ESTC R21564]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 40-3
- Poem Title:
- Advice about Marriage: An Imitation of a French Satyr; by Mr. Tho. Brown.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Tho.Brown.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
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