The lofty oak from a small acorn grows
- DMI number:
- 26930
- First Line:
- The lofty oak from a small acorn grows
- Last Line:
- And from an acorn springs Britannia's power
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature and Patriotism / glory of the British nation
- Translated from:
- Lewis Duncombe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical magazine or the muses monthly companion [P6525] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.279
- Poem Title:
- [Epigram. By Mr. Lewis Duncombe. De minimus Maxima ('Exigua crescit de glande altissima quercus')] Translated.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Theophilus Wheler.
- Attributed To:
- Theophilus Wheler
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