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Thou porest on Helvicus and studiest in vain

DMI number:
42118
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 3 Ode 19.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Thou porest on Helvicus and studiest in vain
Last Line:
Call Glycera to me for I am one of her swingers
Poem Genre / Form:
Nine-line stanzas, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Octet aabbcddc, and Ode
Themes:
Books[pedantry.], Entertainments / pastimes, Food and drink, and Sex / relations between the sexes
Related People
Translated from:
Horace
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Thomas Flatman
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Book III. Ode XIX. To Telephus'. Flatman (1686): 258-59.
Content/Publication
Title:
The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
Page No(s):
pp.114-115
Poem Title:
Ode XIX. ... Paraphrased To Telephus.
Attribution:
By T. F.
Attributed To:
Thomas Flatman