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The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone

DMI number:
13486
First Line:
The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
Last Line:
Such crowds are envious and so few are kings
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Couplet
Themes:
Fate / fortune / providence, High society / the court, and Money / wealth
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Author:
Samuel Wesley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Wesley (1743): 126 ('On the foregoing Epigram', in 'Poems on Several Occasions').
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Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
Page No(s):
CCCLXXVI.
Poem Title:
On the foregoing.
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A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
Page No(s):
CCCLXXIII.
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On the foregoing.
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Title:
A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [Volume II] [T16524] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.176
Poem Title:
On the foregoing Epigram.
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Title:
Miscellaneous poems, by several hands [T117257]
Page No(s):
p.283
Poem Title:
On the foregoing Epigram.
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Title:
The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
Page No(s):
p.28
Poem Title:
Croesus and Diogenes.
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Title:
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Page No(s):
p.28
Poem Title:
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