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The things that best teach life to please

DMI number:
23282
First Line:
The things that best teach life to please
Last Line:
And neither wish nor fear to die
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
Themes:
Friendship, Marriage, Retirement, and Rural life
Related People
Translated from:
Martial
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of original poems and translations [ESTC T101302]
Page No(s):
pp.76-77
Poem Title:
To a Friend. In Imitation of an Epigram of Martial.
Attribution:
Collected under Whaley's name.
Attributed To:
John Whaley
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 6] [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.172
Poem Title:
To A Friend...In Imitation Of Martial.
Attribution:
By Mr. Whaley.
Attributed To:
John Whaley