The sheep was sacrificed on no pretence
- DMI number:
- 25235
- First Line:
- The sheep was sacrificed on no pretence
- Last Line:
- And imitates in vain the children's cries
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Agriculture and Animals
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's translation of Of the Pythagorean Philosophy', Calif. VII (2000): 489-505 [And imitates in vain the children's cries]
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A king is sought to guide the growing state
- Last Line:
- And all the muses over his acts preside
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T163762]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [N16356] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [N29780] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.268-269
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T127063] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T97920]
- Page No(s):
- pp.306-307
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T97977 ]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 1] [T97990] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, connected and digested under alphabetical heads [vol 2] [N15829] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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