The thirsty earth sucks up the showers
- DMI number:
- 27195
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The thirsty earth sucks up the showers
- Last Line:
- My friends should all things drink but I
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Anacreontic, and Ode
- Themes:
- Food and drink[wine] and Nature
- Translated from:
- Anacreon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Francis Fawkes
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XX: 347-348.
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [T85626]
- Page No(s):
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- The Odes of Anacreon...Ode XIX. We Ought To Drink.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [N25547]
- Page No(s):
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- The Odes of Anacreon...Ode XIX. We Ought To Drink.
- Attribution:
- Francis Fawkes (title-page).
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- Title:
- The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [T85627] [2nd ed]
- Page No(s):
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- The Odes of Anacreon...Ode XIX. We Ought to Drink.
- Attribution:
- Francis Fawkes (title-page)
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
Poem Aliases
Anacreon. Ode 19.
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